Well, I am sure this will help ease overcrowding in their already massive prison population, not to mention the cost to tax payers for housing him for 6 months. Shit like this needs to be tried in civil court, not criminal. If they are truly loosing money over this, then the MPAA will sue them, and if they are not loosing enough money to make it worthwhile to sue them then obviously it is not a big enough deal to lock someone up for.
Oh well, I guess they can early release another child molester or other criminal to make space for these dangerous individuals.
all I can say is, "You sick bastard." Is it just me or is there something inherently wrong about burning books? Just the thought of it makes me cringe.
If it was not so damn scary... There are a lot of people out there that seem determined to stop all free speech at any cost. I rate this clown right up there with Jack Thompson.
1. This issue is so important to him but he can't remember what search term he used? He does not remember what he was doing on the internet and yet he wants to legislate it?
2. Just because you are not techno savvy enough to control what pours into your computer don't assume "the children" can't. They are most likely much more internet and computer capable then he is.
3. Kinda related to number 2 but if you can't figure out how to channel surf without accidentally tuning into a program that may not be good for children does than mean we need to ban Showtime, Skinamax or even FX (that "The Shield" is pretty violent, oh wait, violence is fine its boobies that are dangerous).
4. you dont get caught in a "Pornado" (I actually really like this term and will use it from now on) by going to Nickalodian.com(however its spelled)or other mainstream sites, you get them surfing for porn or warez... I wonder which he was searching for? (Doesn't it seem like these people who crusade against something end up being busted for it later 'see anti-gay preacher')
what Norway's immigration policy is. I am retiring and living on a catamaran in about 10 years and I was thinking about leaving the USA anyway if it does not stop becoming so politically and religiously insane over here.
Now that lame DRM is going to start screwing with "Mainstream" consumers maybe something will be done about it. DRM has been allowed to get this out of control because 'Joe Consumer' was not impacted by it, mostly just gamers and geeks.
When some congressman or his Aunt Ethel starts having to deal with the same issues we have been fighting with for years I bet something gets done!
Between this and the rootkit fiasco I am starting to think Sony needs to be put on medication or at least on a 48 hour hold for observation because they are obviously suicidal.
I don't like the big room with the blue ceiling and the bright light. It's scary there....
I will just sit here and bask in the glow of my CRT and wait it out.
I understand that it is a/. tradition to have lots of April Fools stories on the first, but does the whole page have to be composed of these this year? I am not trying to be flame bait I am just saying once is funny, 4 is wearing thin and this many is just plain tired..
Lets hope that the trend continues. I think the RIAA publicized their lawsuits so much (in an effort to scare "Pirates") that even the judges are aware of their shady tactics, and resent the RIAA for attempting to turn the court system into their own private extortionists.
You know, I am noticing this with a lot of the people I know that are in their late 40's or older.... What happened to these children of "The greatest generation"? Their parents fought WWII to preserve freedom and liberty and yet their children seem perfectly happy to sit back and let those same freedoms that their parents fought and died for be taken away from them piecemeal as long as American Idol and all the other reality T.V. shows and what passes for "The News" is still on.
I'm not saying that my generation is doing much better, but I am only in my early 30's, so most of my generation is not in positions of power..... yet...
But then again, I have become such a pessimist that I don't really have much hope for the USA anymore.
We need to get back to the system where copyright infringement is a civil matter and not a criminal matter. Then if the "pirates" are bad enough, the companies can sue them in civil court and quit suppressing our freedoms for the sake of their profits and then we can stop footing the bill to protect their corporate interests.
The point of writing hundreds of comments is that it is representational. If there are hundreds of people taking the time to write about the problems, then they must be pretty severe because I imagine only a small portion of people experiencing the problem would take the time out of their day to write about the issue, and an even smaller portion of them are reading and posting on/. so it must be a pretty common opinion that Vista is less then satisfactory....
This really helps the consumer because in all honesty, I really wanted vista to kick butt. I wanted to upgrade my gaming machine and buying vista was going to be my motivator to do it with my upcoming tax return. However after reading all the negative comments, both here and at other sites I have decided to put off both building a new machine and buying a copy of vista.
If there would of been only a couple of comments to this effect I would of probably already bought my copy...
Thank you./ posters and keep up the constructive criticism of faulty products.
And where is the discounted version for American students?
I had to pay full price for a copy recently for my wife as it was a requirement of the last class she needs for her first degree.... We are far from rich and the fact that we are trying to get her through college without racking up student loan debt means that this was our "Major" purchase for this half of the year;)
We use open office at home so it actually caused me physical pain to have to purchase another Microsoft product:)
"What a crock. Someone who merely uploads recorded events (like a blog) is no more a journalist than someone who changes the oil in his car is a mechanic or someone who assembles his Ikea furniture is an Engineer."
Your argument is flawed... If I change my oil I may not be a mechanic, but if I change a 1000 peoples oil I sure am some kind of automotive professional....
If someone gives information to 1000's regarding a current event or incident they are indeed journalists. Maybe not mainstream journalists but they are still reporting a story and according to the dictionary at http://www.m-w.com/ " a writer who aims at a mass audience " is the 2nd entry. It does not say a writer that HAS a mass audience, merely AIMING at a mass audience qualifies...
Do you think the first journalist worked for CNN? It was probably some guy with access to a printing press that wanted to disseminate information or express himself... Sounds a lot like the internet doesn't it?
A 4th option, and one that is frequently taken in lose/lose situation's like this when the employee is not a pariah (i.e. has a supervisor out to screw him over)is to place the employee on some form of "Administrative Leave" from his position until he reaches the date of his retirement when it is that close. I have seen it happen before in several public and private agencies as well as with public officials (as was recently seen when the Nevada Dept of corrections director was placed on sick leave then encouraged to medically retire due to a scandal involving the early release of inmates rather then being terminated) .
Is it the best way to handle things? Not always, but in a situation like this where the negative publicity and legal fees would far outstrip the cost of paying the guy to stay home for 6 months sometimes it is the best way for a corporation/agency to respond.
I think the P.R. Puke that wrote that response for Macrovision is the same guy that writes for North Korea..... They both sound a lot alike and make about as much sense....
As an American Citizen I really hope Canada Man's up and tells the USA to go screw itself. America needs to worry more about the problems we have at home and less on other countries internal politics when they are not a threat to the U.S.'s safety.
To the best of my knowledge, copyright infringement going on in other countries in no way affects our safety (besides the weak "it funds terrorists" argument that seems to be the defacto excuse for everything around here anymore).
The only people that would benefit from the massive expense and sacrifice of civil liberty that would be necessary to enact such a stupid idea would be the media fat cats..... And they can go and (insert witty thing here) themselves for all I care.
Maybe this will slow down game development for Vista and therefore allow me to wait even longer before being forced to buy it in order to play the newest games...
Until game developers start releasing more games that are unix based I will be forced to eventually buy vista and that really pisses me off but what is a gamer to do?
Mrs Ethel Strauss was sitting at home chatting on AOL with her Niece in the United states when 2 ship deployed missiles slammed into her apartment in downtown Athens today. According to authorities Mrs. Strauss apparently had her computer infected with a variety of malware due to her lack of Geek-Fu, one of which caused her computer to participate in an attack on US Internet assets.
The U.S. State department issued a formal letter of apology to her family and a Department of Homeland security spokesman said, "This unfortunate incident just serves as a reminder to all terrorist's, We don't care how many poor old people we have to blow up in pursuit of you, so knock it off already."
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Oh well, I guess they can early release another child molester or other criminal to make space for these dangerous individuals.
all I can say is, "You sick bastard." Is it just me or is there something inherently wrong about burning books? Just the thought of it makes me cringe.
Grrrr. of = have. I gotta lay off the dope :)
I think I would rather of Tribbles.... They wouldn't set off my OCD as much ;)
If it was not so damn scary... There are a lot of people out there that seem determined to stop all free speech at any cost. I rate this clown right up there with Jack Thompson.
1. This issue is so important to him but he can't remember what search term he used? He does not remember what he was doing on the internet and yet he wants to legislate it?
2. Just because you are not techno savvy enough to control what pours into your computer don't assume "the children" can't. They are most likely much more internet and computer capable then he is.
3. Kinda related to number 2 but if you can't figure out how to channel surf without accidentally tuning into a program that may not be good for children does than mean we need to ban Showtime, Skinamax or even FX (that "The Shield" is pretty violent, oh wait, violence is fine its boobies that are dangerous).
4. you dont get caught in a "Pornado" (I actually really like this term and will use it from now on) by going to Nickalodian.com(however its spelled)or other mainstream sites, you get them surfing for porn or warez... I wonder which he was searching for? (Doesn't it seem like these people who crusade against something end up being busted for it later 'see anti-gay preacher')
God I am so sick of these Smacktards.
what Norway's immigration policy is. I am retiring and living on a catamaran in about 10 years and I was thinking about leaving the USA anyway if it does not stop becoming so politically and religiously insane over here.
When some congressman or his Aunt Ethel starts having to deal with the same issues we have been fighting with for years I bet something gets done!
Between this and the rootkit fiasco I am starting to think Sony needs to be put on medication or at least on a 48 hour hold for observation because they are obviously suicidal.
If we attached wrist bands made of these to every kid upon reaching puberty we could probably meet the power needs of a large city. ;)
I don't like the big room with the blue ceiling and the bright light. It's scary there.... I will just sit here and bask in the glow of my CRT and wait it out.
I understand that it is a /. tradition to have lots of April Fools stories on the first, but does the whole page have to be composed of these this year? I am not trying to be flame bait I am just saying once is funny, 4 is wearing thin and this many is just plain tired..
Lets hope that the trend continues. I think the RIAA publicized their lawsuits so much (in an effort to scare "Pirates") that even the judges are aware of their shady tactics, and resent the RIAA for attempting to turn the court system into their own private extortionists.
I'm not saying that my generation is doing much better, but I am only in my early 30's, so most of my generation is not in positions of power..... yet...
But then again, I have become such a pessimist that I don't really have much hope for the USA anymore.
The letter writes what YOU say.....
We need to get back to the system where copyright infringement is a civil matter and not a criminal matter. Then if the "pirates" are bad enough, the companies can sue them in civil court and quit suppressing our freedoms for the sake of their profits and then we can stop footing the bill to protect their corporate interests.
This really helps the consumer because in all honesty, I really wanted vista to kick butt. I wanted to upgrade my gaming machine and buying vista was going to be my motivator to do it with my upcoming tax return. However after reading all the negative comments, both here and at other sites I have decided to put off both building a new machine and buying a copy of vista.
If there would of been only a couple of comments to this effect I would of probably already bought my copy...
Thank you ./ posters and keep up the constructive criticism of faulty products.
I had to pay full price for a copy recently for my wife as it was a requirement of the last class she needs for her first degree.... We are far from rich and the fact that we are trying to get her through college without racking up student loan debt means that this was our "Major" purchase for this half of the year ;)
We use open office at home so it actually caused me physical pain to have to purchase another Microsoft product :)
I am a big fan of debate and sometimes the side threads are more entertaining then the main...
Your argument is flawed... If I change my oil I may not be a mechanic, but if I change a 1000 peoples oil I sure am some kind of automotive professional....
If someone gives information to 1000's regarding a current event or incident they are indeed journalists. Maybe not mainstream journalists but they are still reporting a story and according to the dictionary at http://www.m-w.com/ " a writer who aims at a mass audience " is the 2nd entry. It does not say a writer that HAS a mass audience, merely AIMING at a mass audience qualifies...
Do you think the first journalist worked for CNN? It was probably some guy with access to a printing press that wanted to disseminate information or express himself... Sounds a lot like the internet doesn't it?
A Microsoft product that does not work right? The Shock of it... I better unload all my Microsoft stock before the other investors get wind of this! ;)
Is it the best way to handle things? Not always, but in a situation like this where the negative publicity and legal fees would far outstrip the cost of paying the guy to stay home for 6 months sometimes it is the best way for a corporation/agency to respond.
I think the P.R. Puke that wrote that response for Macrovision is the same guy that writes for North Korea..... They both sound a lot alike and make about as much sense....
To the best of my knowledge, copyright infringement going on in other countries in no way affects our safety (besides the weak "it funds terrorists" argument that seems to be the defacto excuse for everything around here anymore).
The only people that would benefit from the massive expense and sacrifice of civil liberty that would be necessary to enact such a stupid idea would be the media fat cats..... And they can go and (insert witty thing here) themselves for all I care.
Until game developers start releasing more games that are unix based I will be forced to eventually buy vista and that really pisses me off but what is a gamer to do?
The U.S. State department issued a formal letter of apology to her family and a Department of Homeland security spokesman said, "This unfortunate incident just serves as a reminder to all terrorist's, We don't care how many poor old people we have to blow up in pursuit of you, so knock it off already."