No, because that would be insulting to the nice folks who happen to have Down Syndrome. If you were mentally retarded, would YOU want to be associated with the RIAA?
A lot of station managers (they often lease the businesses from big oil) only make one or two cents per gallon - their real profits are obtained through merchandise (the attached convenience store), partnerships with Subway, Dunkin Donuts, and other fast food restaurants, and car washes. Switching to another brand is often not possible, and sometimes the brand changes against the will of the lessee.
Here's a solution for the human-made calls: when they call and you see it's a telemarketer, just greet the caller with "Hello, I'd like to speak to you about life insurance. Are you currently covered?" or "Hello, I would like to speak to you about your eternal salvation. Have you received Jesus as your personal savior? They invariably hang up before you finish either question, although one time the telemarketer did stay on the phone for a few seconds after I finished (and didn't say a word), and I could hear typical call center babble in the background.
For the robot calls, listen to the shleil, then if you can select a number to speak to a human, do it and follow through with the above - otherwise, if you can get a real phone number for the assholes, set up asterisk to repeatedly call them to waste their CSRs' time by playing back a message thanking them for the automated calls, and how do they like it? (bonus points for spoofing caller ID like they do)
Since even a broken clock is right twice a day, you'd expect conspiracy theorists to be right once in a while. Unfortunately, their accuracy ranks up there with meteorologists and televangelists.
This kind of bullshit is exactly why America needs to wake up and vote for people who are truly conservative. I do not mean "neocon" type conservatives who consider the Constitution an inconvenience, and certainly not "liberals" (as in the moonbat type) who consider it to be toilet paper, and I don't mean outright libertarians either; I mean people who actually read and understand the Constitution and who are grounded in common sense, and don't intend to legislate morality, prop up big business with pork legislation, not tell us what we can and can't eat, not legislating marriage (and in fact take marriage AWAY from government since interference in marriage is restricting freedom of worship as marriage is a religious construct), and certainly not tell us what we HAVE to buy (see: Obamascare, which is based on Massachusetts' failed RomneyCare), and not those who rack up insurmountable piles of deficit spending.
Vote for people who want to preserve and protect the Constitution, that way the public good will truly be preserved for the generations to follow us. We need to stop voting based on who will protect or punish big business, but for those who consider the long term ramifications of such legislation. Vote for those who don't push for extended government micromanagement of our lives.
We have only ourselves to think by turning it into a Red vs. Blue debate and allowing, no, demanding that government enforce those "values." Take back the country by voting for constitutionalists (regardless of party affiliation) and don't try to legislate what other people do. Want to affect change? LIVE the example; don't try to legislate it.
Otherwise, the result will be exactly this kind of unconstitutional copyrighting of facts bullshit, and the perpetual "mickey mouse" and "sony bono" copyright laws. It really is a s;ippery slope because people see an opportunity to become a career politician than a true leader. The making of a good leader is a good servant. Constitutionally, our elected leaders report to us. In practice, politicians see it the other way and we need to send a very clear message to these stupid fucks in office that WE are in control and THEY are in place to SERVE.
is it anything to boast about that you have a great investment in a massive number of people highly focused on sticking their fingers in the holes? Compare that to Apple's boat, where they only have a modest investment because there are only a few holes.
That's because they've already patched the gaping holes with the arms and legs of early iPhone and iPad adopters!
What would you suggest they do to monetize their films?
They themselves could offer a low-resolution download (say, 320x224) with a logo overlaid, and banners displayed at the bottom reading "we hope you enjoy the movie. Please support the work by seeing it in the theater or buying it when the Blu-Ray release comes out. We have bills too, you know, and movies cost a lot of money to make. Thank you." That way, the folks who want to try before they buy are satisfied, the people who will never pay still won't pay, and there is no excuse left for "pirating"[sic] the film.
So, now ter'rists will have to resort to using mobile phones bought elsewhere, or stealing phones. Good thing this bill is being proposed because it will stop terrorism for sure.
HEY ASSHOLES! Want to know what would end domestic terrorism? Deporting the fucking illegal aliens, engage in profiling in airports (rather than harassing soccer moms and 85-yr-old grannies) and closing the Mexican border!
Back in the days of the 8086/88 and 80386 I used to run a math coprocessor emulator and it worked amazingly well, much to my surprise. I never ran 386to486 but it would not surprise me if it did a good job of running programs requiring a 486.
I have the ideal solution for students, or for anyone who might want to enjoy reading a book and then sharing it with others when you're done, or if someone wanted to study a book and quickly switch back and forth between pages, highlight to your heart's content, and scribble notes between the lines or in the margins.
There is this newfangled substance called "paper." If only books could possibly be "printed" on uniformly-cut "sheets" of this paper, and then "bound" together with glue and yarn, and perhaps be encased in a protective cardboard or lightweight wood or even plastic "covers." Then, you could turn the pages without having to fiddle with gestures or buttons, you don't need to worry about batteries, and since you OWN the book and cannot connect it online, no one can decide the book needs to be recalled and remotely delete it. Not only that, you can lend the book out to others, or even sell it when you no longer find any use or enjoyment from it. DRM would not stand in the way of exercising either Fair Use or your first sale rights.
I know my idea seems somewhat quaint, but who knows - - it might just catch on!
I bought a Xerox Phaser a few years ago when I got fed up with ink cartridges (and my old 4p crapped out) but just a couple of weeks ago I bought a couple of photosmart printers. Why? Laser printers can't print on CDs and DVDs. If I do a lot of printing on the inkjet, I'll install a continuous ink system.
Isn't it? the US has been off the gold standard for years. Our currency is fiction due to the lack of any real backing and due to the fractional banking system.
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No, because that would be insulting to the nice folks who happen to have Down Syndrome. If you were mentally retarded, would YOU want to be associated with the RIAA?
I didn't think so.
A lot of station managers (they often lease the businesses from big oil) only make one or two cents per gallon - their real profits are obtained through merchandise (the attached convenience store), partnerships with Subway, Dunkin Donuts, and other fast food restaurants, and car washes. Switching to another brand is often not possible, and sometimes the brand changes against the will of the lessee.
<Bender>That is irony!</Bender>
Which event is the more important? The debut of the iPhone 4, or the return of Futurama as a television series?
For me it's no question. I am planning my schedule around Futurama but will be waiting on a jailbreak being released before I upgrade my iPhone.
Here's a solution for the human-made calls: when they call and you see it's a telemarketer, just greet the caller with "Hello, I'd like to speak to you about life insurance. Are you currently covered?" or "Hello, I would like to speak to you about your eternal salvation. Have you received Jesus as your personal savior? They invariably hang up before you finish either question, although one time the telemarketer did stay on the phone for a few seconds after I finished (and didn't say a word), and I could hear typical call center babble in the background.
For the robot calls, listen to the shleil, then if you can select a number to speak to a human, do it and follow through with the above - otherwise, if you can get a real phone number for the assholes, set up asterisk to repeatedly call them to waste their CSRs' time by playing back a message thanking them for the automated calls, and how do they like it? (bonus points for spoofing caller ID like they do)
Sometimes you need to fight fire with fire.
Since even a broken clock is right twice a day, you'd expect conspiracy theorists to be right once in a while. Unfortunately, their accuracy ranks up there with meteorologists and televangelists.
Ron Paul comes close. So did Ross Perot. Now, they're both old and ugly but they value the Constitution.
"Can I post my tweet? Good!"
I hear there's a map for that!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manimal ?
This kind of bullshit is exactly why America needs to wake up and vote for people who are truly conservative. I do not mean "neocon" type conservatives who consider the Constitution an inconvenience, and certainly not "liberals" (as in the moonbat type) who consider it to be toilet paper, and I don't mean outright libertarians either; I mean people who actually read and understand the Constitution and who are grounded in common sense, and don't intend to legislate morality, prop up big business with pork legislation, not tell us what we can and can't eat, not legislating marriage (and in fact take marriage AWAY from government since interference in marriage is restricting freedom of worship as marriage is a religious construct), and certainly not tell us what we HAVE to buy (see: Obamascare, which is based on Massachusetts' failed RomneyCare), and not those who rack up insurmountable piles of deficit spending.
Vote for people who want to preserve and protect the Constitution, that way the public good will truly be preserved for the generations to follow us. We need to stop voting based on who will protect or punish big business, but for those who consider the long term ramifications of such legislation. Vote for those who don't push for extended government micromanagement of our lives.
We have only ourselves to think by turning it into a Red vs. Blue debate and allowing, no, demanding that government enforce those "values." Take back the country by voting for constitutionalists (regardless of party affiliation) and don't try to legislate what other people do. Want to affect change? LIVE the example; don't try to legislate it.
Otherwise, the result will be exactly this kind of unconstitutional copyrighting of facts bullshit, and the perpetual "mickey mouse" and "sony bono" copyright laws. It really is a s;ippery slope because people see an opportunity to become a career politician than a true leader. The making of a good leader is a good servant. Constitutionally, our elected leaders report to us. In practice, politicians see it the other way and we need to send a very clear message to these stupid fucks in office that WE are in control and THEY are in place to SERVE.
That's because they've already patched the gaping holes with the arms and legs of early iPhone and iPad adopters!
Why should I feel sorry for them? I have no empathy for them whatsoever!
They themselves could offer a low-resolution download (say, 320x224) with a logo overlaid, and banners displayed at the bottom reading "we hope you enjoy the movie. Please support the work by seeing it in the theater or buying it when the Blu-Ray release comes out. We have bills too, you know, and movies cost a lot of money to make. Thank you." That way, the folks who want to try before they buy are satisfied, the people who will never pay still won't pay, and there is no excuse left for "pirating"[sic] the film.
So, now ter'rists will have to resort to using mobile phones bought elsewhere, or stealing phones. Good thing this bill is being proposed because it will stop terrorism for sure.
HEY ASSHOLES! Want to know what would end domestic terrorism? Deporting the fucking illegal aliens, engage in profiling in airports (rather than harassing soccer moms and 85-yr-old grannies) and closing the Mexican border!
You have no sense of humor.
Isn't it more likely they would attempt a fully automated landing?
Matrox has been irrelevant ever since 3D became important.
Back in the days of the 8086/88 and 80386 I used to run a math coprocessor emulator and it worked amazingly well, much to my surprise. I never ran 386to486 but it would not surprise me if it did a good job of running programs requiring a 486.
KDE has been working fine with dual monitors for me for about nine years now.
I have the ideal solution for students, or for anyone who might want to enjoy reading a book and then sharing it with others when you're done, or if someone wanted to study a book and quickly switch back and forth between pages, highlight to your heart's content, and scribble notes between the lines or in the margins.
There is this newfangled substance called "paper." If only books could possibly be "printed" on uniformly-cut "sheets" of this paper, and then "bound" together with glue and yarn, and perhaps be encased in a protective cardboard or lightweight wood or even plastic "covers." Then, you could turn the pages without having to fiddle with gestures or buttons, you don't need to worry about batteries, and since you OWN the book and cannot connect it online, no one can decide the book needs to be recalled and remotely delete it. Not only that, you can lend the book out to others, or even sell it when you no longer find any use or enjoyment from it. DRM would not stand in the way of exercising either Fair Use or your first sale rights.
I know my idea seems somewhat quaint, but who knows - - it might just catch on!
I bought a Xerox Phaser a few years ago when I got fed up with ink cartridges (and my old 4p crapped out) but just a couple of weeks ago I bought a couple of photosmart printers. Why? Laser printers can't print on CDs and DVDs. If I do a lot of printing on the inkjet, I'll install a continuous ink system.
Isn't it? the US has been off the gold standard for years. Our currency is fiction due to the lack of any real backing and due to the fractional banking system.
http://teneo.org/eh/Clippy/Clippy%20Suicide%20Note.gif /obligatory
I support anything that turns cows, sheep, and other tasty animals into chunks of meat - and that is what slaughterhouses are doing.
PeTA is killing animals for sport, and letting the meat and other useful parts go to waste.