While I am not a lawyer, I am a trouble maker, and you should probably let your friend know that just because they've bought a CD does not give them the right to download the song from bittorrent. It gives them the right to play the CD they bought, with a bunch of other goofy restrictions. The illegal downloading that they don't approve of...yeah...they're doing it.
IANAL, but if a person or company makes profit by selling virtual gold, depending on location, they'd probably need to declare it for taxes. Since selling said virtual gold goes against the EULA, and constitutes misuse of the product, it seems like they're kinda trapped there. If I mugged somebody, I wouldn't declare it on my taxes.
Of course I'm thinking somebody operating in the USA. I imagine most of these people or companies are farming in China or somewhere similar. Things are probably different.
I normally don't give cowards any attention, but your comment addresses a valid issue with the current cable system.
While yes, I agree that what gp is doing is stealing, your comparisons are not valid. I can go to a restaurant and order a chicken salad. I don't just go in, and they ask me if I want the basic meal, the extended meal, or the variety meal, and I can add steak as an option if I choose (ok, maybe in a buffet?).
The same thing with shoplifting. I don't go into a clothing store and get asked which clothing package I'd like, or if I'd like to save money by bundling my clothing with my cell phone plan. You choose what you want, and pay for it. Everybody's happy.
With my cable provider, I MUST pay for 200 channels in order to get HBO. I MUST pay for all 50 of the extended tier channels in order to get Sci-Fi. I essentially pay $80 a month for 4 channels I watch. And I do it, because it's worth it to me, but come on. It's not 1990 anymore. If Time Warner wanted to provide me with the level of service where receive and pay for only the channels I want, they could do that. They choose not to. And they're going to start losing more and more money as the result of an outdated business practice, NOT, as you would suggest, the criminal nature of people.
Ok, if this were aol.com I could see how this might be a legit news story, but come on. I like to think we're a step above that. Real geeks don't even bother with DNS, and us 66.35.250.150ers have better things to do than waste our time with a noob story like this.
People in some of south African countries believe that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS. This, of course, isn't true, and just leads to greater spread of HIV. While yes, you must preform one of a number of fairly specific actions to get AIDS, it's not a problem in Brazil because they're all sex crazed lunatics or idiots. It's a problem because of a lack of education. The practice I cited is only one example.
As much of a fan of Darwin as I am, your statement really shows a lot of ignorance. Please educate yourself on the international scene before making comments like that.
...this kind of crippling ignorance among professional astrophysicists is astonishing.
If I wanted to read this kind of junk, I honestly don't know what kind of crazy rat-hole of the Internet I'd have to search for. Even if the story was legit, the wording of it is the ranting of some astronomer bashing another astronomer, not a proper news story. This is embarrassing for slashdot.
I'm just a casual Java programmer, but is Vector really depreciated? Looking at the 6.0 Specifications it doesn't appear to be. Should this class not be used?
On the moon, we could construct a special government base with massive telescopes aimed at the earth. Whenever someone tries to activate an account on myspace, this special moon-base is notified, and using the giant telescopes, we look at the person, and verify their age. This could a step where you hold your drivers license up towards the sky, or out the window.
Lawmakers in Connecticut are absolutely gienus for developing this new age verification method based on space travel. I'm going to move there now.
While I don't disagree with you, since the example of Microsoft which you cited is obviously the government working against the people, I wouldn't be surprised to see them actually go after a company "which virtually everyone likes", particularly if some of the other companies put more of their money in Washington.
Still, I don't see iTunes being a monopoly, ever. There are simply too many other places to get music. The alternatives might not be as good, but that doesn't make it a monopoly.
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Is it really a smart move for game makers to require Vista though? It seems like a lot of people aren't switching, not just./ers, but in general. Won't it be smarter to keep going with DX9 and XP for quite some time, until you can be sure that the general audience of gamers has moved on?
No, we should have MORE of them for this reason. The reason we have the second amendment is so we can protect ourselves from idiotic government decisions, such as this.
This looks like what I have seen, but these balls are fairly small and didn't appear to last very long. Would a larger ball, say, 30 times that size, last significantly longer, or would it burn itself out just as fast, or even faster?
I'm no meat scientist, but I believe this is because due to the nature of a chicken, and the various preparation methods, you can say "I want chicken!" and you get chicken. While you can be more specific, 'chicken' is sufficient.
On the other hand, if you walked into a restaurant and ordered 'Pig', you might get bacon, ham, or pork. Perhaps even a pork medallion wrapped in a strip of sweet, sweet bacon.
The variety of the animal available for consumption helps shape the ordering process. At least that's all I've got.
Parent has a really good point. Considering the number of people who will ever hear about this refund, and the number of those who are eligible for a refund, and the number of those who want a refund, and the number of those who will actually bother, Dell and Microsoft aren't going to be in any kind of trouble. But I could sure use 52 bucks.
If enough of you think 52 bucks isn't a big deal, on the other hand, let me know, and I'll setup a P.O. box you can send it to:)
But I don't want an "intimate bond" with any advertisers! It looks like this whole setup is simply a form of rape.
I don't think it's rape if you're paying for it. If adds started appearing on my phone today, courtesy of my provider, I would find a new provider within the month. Considering Verizon's other recent blunders, I hope more consumers choose to ditch them after this.
I'm a student. For the holidays, I get grades, and a bill for next semester. I'd gladly trade that for a 1/1000 chance at a gift certificate, or the jelly of the month, or two cookies, or a bag of hair, or a killer monkey.
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While I am not a lawyer, I am a trouble maker, and you should probably let your friend know that just because they've bought a CD does not give them the right to download the song from bittorrent. It gives them the right to play the CD they bought, with a bunch of other goofy restrictions. The illegal downloading that they don't approve of...yeah...they're doing it.
IANAL, but if a person or company makes profit by selling virtual gold, depending on location, they'd probably need to declare it for taxes. Since selling said virtual gold goes against the EULA, and constitutes misuse of the product, it seems like they're kinda trapped there. If I mugged somebody, I wouldn't declare it on my taxes.
Of course I'm thinking somebody operating in the USA. I imagine most of these people or companies are farming in China or somewhere similar. Things are probably different.
I normally don't give cowards any attention, but your comment addresses a valid issue with the current cable system.
While yes, I agree that what gp is doing is stealing, your comparisons are not valid. I can go to a restaurant and order a chicken salad. I don't just go in, and they ask me if I want the basic meal, the extended meal, or the variety meal, and I can add steak as an option if I choose (ok, maybe in a buffet?).
The same thing with shoplifting. I don't go into a clothing store and get asked which clothing package I'd like, or if I'd like to save money by bundling my clothing with my cell phone plan. You choose what you want, and pay for it. Everybody's happy.
With my cable provider, I MUST pay for 200 channels in order to get HBO. I MUST pay for all 50 of the extended tier channels in order to get Sci-Fi. I essentially pay $80 a month for 4 channels I watch. And I do it, because it's worth it to me, but come on. It's not 1990 anymore. If Time Warner wanted to provide me with the level of service where receive and pay for only the channels I want, they could do that. They choose not to. And they're going to start losing more and more money as the result of an outdated business practice, NOT, as you would suggest, the criminal nature of people.
Ok, if this were aol.com I could see how this might be a legit news story, but come on. I like to think we're a step above that. Real geeks don't even bother with DNS, and us 66.35.250.150ers have better things to do than waste our time with a noob story like this.
People in some of south African countries believe that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS. This, of course, isn't true, and just leads to greater spread of HIV. While yes, you must preform one of a number of fairly specific actions to get AIDS, it's not a problem in Brazil because they're all sex crazed lunatics or idiots. It's a problem because of a lack of education. The practice I cited is only one example.
As much of a fan of Darwin as I am, your statement really shows a lot of ignorance. Please educate yourself on the international scene before making comments like that.
I'm just a casual Java programmer, but is Vector really depreciated? Looking at the 6.0 Specifications it doesn't appear to be. Should this class not be used?
On the moon, we could construct a special government base with massive telescopes aimed at the earth. Whenever someone tries to activate an account on myspace, this special moon-base is notified, and using the giant telescopes, we look at the person, and verify their age. This could a step where you hold your drivers license up towards the sky, or out the window.
Lawmakers in Connecticut are absolutely gienus for developing this new age verification method based on space travel. I'm going to move there now.
While I don't disagree with you, since the example of Microsoft which you cited is obviously the government working against the people, I wouldn't be surprised to see them actually go after a company "which virtually everyone likes", particularly if some of the other companies put more of their money in Washington.
Still, I don't see iTunes being a monopoly, ever. There are simply too many other places to get music. The alternatives might not be as good, but that doesn't make it a monopoly.
Is it really a smart move for game makers to require Vista though? It seems like a lot of people aren't switching, not just ./ers, but in general. Won't it be smarter to keep going with DX9 and XP for quite some time, until you can be sure that the general audience of gamers has moved on?
Just a thought.
If making illegal mix tapes gives you street credit, then call me P-Diddy
Luckily, they haven't changed the license agreement on the BitTorrent version of Vista, the only one I'm even mildly interested in anyway.
Those are actually cooling towers, not smoke stacks. I find it curious that you can see down inside them though. A very cool picture!
No, we should have MORE of them for this reason. The reason we have the second amendment is so we can protect ourselves from idiotic government decisions, such as this.
This looks like what I have seen, but these balls are fairly small and didn't appear to last very long. Would a larger ball, say, 30 times that size, last significantly longer, or would it burn itself out just as fast, or even faster?
I'm no meat scientist, but I believe this is because due to the nature of a chicken, and the various preparation methods, you can say "I want chicken!" and you get chicken. While you can be more specific, 'chicken' is sufficient.
On the other hand, if you walked into a restaurant and ordered 'Pig', you might get bacon, ham, or pork. Perhaps even a pork medallion wrapped in a strip of sweet, sweet bacon.
The variety of the animal available for consumption helps shape the ordering process. At least that's all I've got.
Parent has a really good point. Considering the number of people who will ever hear about this refund, and the number of those who are eligible for a refund, and the number of those who want a refund, and the number of those who will actually bother, Dell and Microsoft aren't going to be in any kind of trouble. But I could sure use 52 bucks.
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If enough of you think 52 bucks isn't a big deal, on the other hand, let me know, and I'll setup a P.O. box you can send it to
Considering the quality of tech support I get out of India, I don't know why I would be happy about them having Linux call centers.
Unless that was sarcasm, and I missed it...
And we all know, there is nothing weirder than mud.
Will the ZunePhone be the next iPhone killer!?!?!111
I'm a student. For the holidays, I get grades, and a bill for next semester. I'd gladly trade that for a 1/1000 chance at a gift certificate, or the jelly of the month, or two cookies, or a bag of hair, or a killer monkey.
The Borg Cube bearing the Microsoft logo, destroying Earth, with flames reaching up from off-frame image just screams professionalism. I will take anything this site says very seriously.
To view the paper, the site requires a membership (yes, I know it's free). Can we get a link or torrent to get around this?
Or better yet, just download everything for free online!
Torrents be praised!
Ah! Now I'm being investigated!