.... they're just a way to make the case a pain for the RIAA.
Sounds good to me!
If some fuckers threatened me like that, I'd be doing everything I could to make their lives miserable. Like calling the FBI (RIAA broke into my machine), IRS (my tax information is on my machine), etc... plus a countersuit, to fuck them back.
I still don't know why those others who were accused just rolled over so easily. This is America! You can sue for anything and the way to get rich quick is to sue a big corp (RIAA in this case) and profit! The only thing I can think of is that they were really guilty.
is that in this litigious society such as ours, nobody sued before with the hopes of getting rich quick the easy way.That is suing a large corparation and hoping they'll settle out of court.
is on the phone company clerks for tapping the wrong line - See FA
But, you do bring up a point that a lot of folks have been asking- especially after Katrina. There was advanced warning of a disaster, and there still was a lack of coordination and a delayed response. If TSA and local authorities couldn't get their act together with advanced warning, what are they going to do if we get attacked? And you're exactly right: How is it that these billions of dollars are being spent just to get what we saw these last few weeks?!?
That's somewhat like saying you prefer the look of Martha Stewart's home to your own. *No-one*'s home looks like that.
You've never seen my parent's house. It does look like a "Martha Stewart House". Growing up, when she cleaned the toilets - all of them at once - we could use them for a time. So, we had to go outside until it was safe to use them again. the time frame? Depended on her mood.
The bridge of the Enterprise doesn't look like a spaceship, it reeks of "sound-stage". Or perhaps "multi-millionaire arcology".
Could you show me (links) what a real interstellar spacecraft from the 23rd century looks like? My appologies if I'm missing the joke.
When I was coding, someone brought up that the best programmers were people with art backgrounds. After that, whenever a bug was discovered in my code, I would respond with "I code what I feel and I was feeling shitty that day!"
But I'd also like to add, when you can't get financing from friends, family, angle investors, etc... VCs are your last chance to get something going. And even though you may end up with shit, if your biz idea works, you have a notch under you belt that will make it much easier to get funding and more in your favor in the future.
The reason I said "you may end up with shit" is that there have been cases where the biz founder actually had a successful biz, but becuase of the ROI clause in the VC contract, the idea gets shit. If I can find a link I'll post it.
I looked through the article and I searched to see if there actually was a way to donate money! Not that I was going too, but I...Ok, here's my geek card. It's expired anyway. Sorry.:-(
If they're going to cut a deal with the Studios, they are going to have to offer some DRM. And ads are a legitimate why of keeping the price to their users down, otherwise, their users will have to pay more for the service and/or product. Becuase one way or another, the VCs are going to demand their minimum ROI.
He says the company is meeting with movie studios and other copyright holders to negotiate use of BitTorrent to distribute content.
Why would a movie studio use BitTorrent instead of just allowing someone to download from their site or from, let's say, iMovies by someone like Apple?
copying...stealing....whatever you want to call it. Is my life not as full as it was? I don't think so. I dont' miss anything I have stopped buying/consuming: CDs and Cable TV, so far.
What I meant by that was "useful" being redundant to "unique". In other words, the can be useful without being unique. Or, ALL data is useful. Fury has made me retarded.
I just don't get it. Multi-billion dollar projects and/or pork just sail through Congress, but something that's actually producing some unique and useful (redundant?) data has to struggle for a few million dollars.
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And we'll be able to flash our man-boobs too!
Sounds good to me!
If some fuckers threatened me like that, I'd be doing everything I could to make their lives miserable. Like calling the FBI (RIAA broke into my machine), IRS (my tax information is on my machine), etc... plus a countersuit, to fuck them back.
I still don't know why those others who were accused just rolled over so easily. This is America! You can sue for anything and the way to get rich quick is to sue a big corp (RIAA in this case) and profit!
The only thing I can think of is that they were really guilty.
is that in this litigious society such as ours, nobody sued before with the hopes of getting rich quick the easy way.That is suing a large corparation and hoping they'll settle out of court.
doing a split as a stripper: Closer
But, you do bring up a point that a lot of folks have been asking- especially after Katrina.
There was advanced warning of a disaster, and there still was a lack of coordination and a delayed response. If TSA and local authorities couldn't get their act together with advanced warning, what are they going to do if we get attacked? And you're exactly right: How is it that these billions of dollars are being spent just to get what we saw these last few weeks?!?
You've never seen my parent's house. It does look like a "Martha Stewart House". Growing up, when she cleaned the toilets - all of them at once - we could use them for a time. So, we had to go outside until it was safe to use them again. the time frame? Depended on her mood.
The bridge of the Enterprise doesn't look like a spaceship, it reeks of "sound-stage". Or perhaps "multi-millionaire arcology".
Could you show me (links) what a real interstellar spacecraft from the 23rd century looks like? My appologies if I'm missing the joke.
When I was coding, someone brought up that the best programmers were people with art backgrounds. After that, whenever a bug was discovered in my code, I would respond with "I code what I feel and I was feeling shitty that day!"
Or for the Zen masters:
What is the sound of one hand hacking?
With a repeater?
How fucking dare you say "asterisk"!
Pete and Repeat are on a boat, Pete jumps off, who's left . . . ?
Repeat.
Pete and Repeat are on a boat.
Pete jumps off.
Who's left?
No. But posting it as an AC makes you a karma slut. You'll do it for free!
All right, I'm done. Warn your children! This is what happens when your out of work!
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YES!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!! GET A LAWYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go directly to IP Lawyer!
This is VERY important. I will lay ALL of my karma on this! GO TO AN IP LAWYer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The reason I said "you may end up with shit" is that there have been cases where the biz founder actually had a successful biz, but becuase of the ROI clause in the VC contract, the idea gets shit. If I can find a link I'll post it.
I looked through the article and I searched to see if there actually was a way to donate money! Not that I was going too, but I ...Ok, here's my geek card. It's expired anyway. Sorry. :-(
I find your post "Interesting" and "Insightful".
Why would a movie studio use BitTorrent instead of just allowing someone to download from their site or from, let's say, iMovies by someone like Apple?
Just my $0.02
What I meant by that was "useful" being redundant to "unique". In other words, the can be useful without being unique. Or, ALL data is useful. Fury has made me retarded.
I just don't get it. Multi-billion dollar projects and/or pork just sail through Congress, but something that's actually producing some unique and useful (redundant?) data has to struggle for a few million dollars.
Must...stop...now...rant...coming...on...and...p olitical...aaarrrrgggg!
Oh, oh. Here comes the censors...bye, bye, karma..