But what we already have is a maximum safe speed limit on our freeways.
No, we don't. The speed limits we have on our freeways are set for purely political reasons. (The clue is that the limits are set by state legislatures, not engineers.) What I'm saying is that the posted speed limit should reflect the maximum speed for which the road is designed. Naturally, exceeding this limit would be dangerous by definition and worthy of much more than a simple fine.
So, you still think that the current posted speed limit reflects the maximum safe speed? Try this: In the late '80s, the speed limit on many rural Interstate highways was raised from 55 mph to 65 mph. The roads were not changed or altered in any way (other than changing the signs). How is it that one day the maximum safe speed is 55 mph and the next day it is 65 mph for the exact same road?
I'm all for more training, but I think that 50 hours might be excessive. Periodic ability tests (at least more frequent than what we have now) are probably a good idea.
I don't think that that is the law in most of the U.S. I do prefer to pass on the left, though. We always seem to get slowpokes in the left lane here in Chicago. Usually, these people seem to be completely oblivious to their surroundings. I've tried to flash my lights and honk to get them to move over, but they usually don't move over. Actually, the law should make it illegal to be passed on the right under normal circumstances.
As for speed limits, they should be set to the maximum safe speed for the road. Drivers should then be able to make a reasoned determination of how fast they should go based on road conditions, the condition of the car, traffic, etc. That would free up the highway patrol to get people who are truly reckless and the dawdlers in the left lane.
These sorts of cutbacks have been proposed before, but nothing has come of it. Until we get congressmen who are not in the pocket of the content industries I doubt that we will see any movement in this direction. In other words, I'll believe it when I see it.
I don't know about that. Maybe I'm crazy too, but all the others running for president sound like they belong in the loony bin. Ron Paul is the only one making any sense at all. Most of the so-called "leading" candidates won't even rule out a nuclear first strike on Iran! To me, that sounds insane. The leading Democrats (the supposed anti-war party) won't even guarantee that our troops will be out of Iraq by 2013. Come on, this war will have lasted longer than WWII and the supposed enemy we are fighting has no army, navy, or air force (unlike Japan and Germany).
Furthermore, while I think that reducing the size and scope of our federal government will prove to be a good thing, I am not so naive that I think that things will change overnight once Ron Paul becomes president. These changes will take time and likely will not be entirely implemented during his term(s) in office. It would probably take a decade or more of voting not only for Ron Paul and like-minded individuals for president, but also for congress. Since I don't see a libertarian (note lower-case "l") takeover of congress as being likely, most of what Ron Paul will be able to do as president is prevent the government from growing further through the use of the veto.
Whenever I see attacks on Ron Paul or the positions he has taken, it just reinforces the fact that he is the leading candidate among the American people. He won a blind poll awhile back (where only the candidates' histories and positions were mentioned, not the names) which seems to point to the idea that people are ready for the type of change that Ron Paul represents.
This wouldn't just be competing against Flickr, but also Zooomr, SmugMug, Photobucket, Picassaweb, WebShots, etc. This space seems very crowded already. How many pictures do people want on public display anyway?
Venus is of similar size and density as Earth, so the gravitational attraction should be about the same. According to what I've read, its magnetic field is considerably weaker than Earth's and is not able to protect the planet from cosmic radiation. Even so, atmospheric pressure is higher on Venus than on Earth.
The Debian logo seems to be inconsistently applied. In searching past stories, I noticed that it is often missing from stories about other Debian-derived distros (e.g. Linspire, Knoppix). I have also seen a logo for SUSE even though it is also derived from another distro. It would seem to me that Ubuntu is a fairly major player now and as such should have its own logo like SUSE.
The issue is that the server doesn't know when someone is using AdBlock, so these people are blocking anyone using a gecko-based browser. Supposedly, the block is based on some peculiarity of the browser itself, not the user agent string. Of course what is missing is the fact that it is possible to block ads in any browser, including IE.
In Firefox, type "about:config" in the address bar. In the list that appears below, find "image.animation_mode". Double click on this and enter "none" in the dialog. No more animated GIFs!
Because it is decidedly NOT in the broadcaster's best interest at this time. MythTV (as well as other open-source DVR solutions) are well known for their ease of skipping commercials. The last thing that a broadcaster wants to do is make it easier to not view an advertisement. If a new model were to appear that did not depend on commercial interruptions that could be skipped, we might see more cooperation from broadcasters. The only part that doesn't make sense is for pay TV that does not include commercials (not sure if these exist anymore since I get my television OTA).
The group of states want oversight extended at least through next year to give them enough time to consider the antitrust implications of Windows Vista. Vista has been out for almost a year now (and will be a year in November). What have they been doing all this time? They had to have known that MS was developing a new operating system and that beta versions of this were being made available (often to the general public) well in advance of the actual release date. While it might not be fair to base these antitrust considerations on a beta version, which may be different from the final version, it can still give a good impression of where things are headed. How long did it take them to consider the antitrust implications of XP? I doubt that it was two years. This just seems to be another example of a bloated bureaucracy at work.
This is exactly what I do. I don't even bother with AdBlock anymore since this takes care of the things that I found most annoying. It also turns the whole idea of obnoxious advertising on its head in that the more annoying the ad is, the less likely it is to be seen. The only thing that is needed in addition is the ability to automatically skip those interstitial ads, a way to automatically display the entire page of an article rather than having to click a link for the next page, and a way to prevent ads from covering the content (normally, the ad is a flash ad which is blocked anyway, but to click on a link under the ad I have to play the flash and find the "close" button).
After reading the article, it sounds to me like this guy was sold defective hardware. There seems to be some other story here, though. Why didn't Gateway simply replace the computer before this issue came to a head? I am wondering if Sheehan really wants a computer or is standing up for principle. The idea that a company can "opt-out" of the civil justice system is disturbing in and of itself. If it were me, I would just want the defective hardware replaced and then I would be satisfied.
As far as Gateway hardware itself, there really is nothing wrong with it. Although I wouldn't buy one myself, my parents have one and it works well for them. I don't remember seeing any EULA when I set it up for them, but I wiped the hard drive and reinstalled Windows right away since it was a floor model and had all sorts of crap installed on it (and not just the normal trial-ware either).
Are these people really that conceded and sport such a God complex that they somehow believe that their team of what, 10 developers maybe, versus THE ENTIRE WORLD are going to come out on top? As far as I know, these conceited people have conceded nothing.
I actually rather like the digital controls for the climate control in my car. My old car had a knob that I would have to turn one way for "warmer" and the opposite way for "cooler". The problem was that on longer trips it was impossible to set it properly. I would have to fiddle with it every 10 to 15 minutes. On my current car, I hardly ever even have to touch the climate control.
You are going to charge me more to exercise rights I already have. Then, on top of that you are going to "manage" (i.e. restrict) those rights with this so-called "managed copy". I am sorry, but I am perfectly capable of managing my own rights. Until AACS is permanently cracked a la DeCSS, I won't be buying either Blu-ray or HD-DVD.
As I recall, when I installed Feisty, it gave an option to resize partitions. The only problem is that it either did not indicate or was vague about which partition was being resized. I wound up with the partitioner doing the opposite of what I wanted.
http://ewatch.prnewswire.com/rs/display.jsp?a=3070 2-309198409-850566157&key=D%7C136206%7CS%7C0%7Cx%7 C309198409
From article:
In the summer of 2001, The MoMI was hit with a cease-and-desist letter
from the RIAA for copyright infringement, alleging damages of $150 million
to their members. Upon further investigation it was discovered that
Microsoft had circumvented The MoMI's copy protection, exposing hidden
music files in an "upgrade" to the Windows Media Player, turning secure
MoMI performances into downloads. We notified the RIAA of the circumvention
and immediately removed the music from our exhibitions. Subsequently, the
RIAA took no action against the MoMI.
This idea has already been tried. Although it did not involve a chip on the disk, DIVX (the original movie rental scheme from Circuit City, not the codec) did allow all of the features of the "business model" you have listed. Studios loved the idea. Consumers did not. The whole system went up in smoke after about a year. In order for a new business model to be successful, it has to be accepted by customers. As far as I know, DIVX has yet to be cracked.
I looked at the picture. I shows an obviously of-legal-drinking-age adult woman in a pirate hat drinking from a plastic cup with no indication of the contents of said cup. How this promotes underage drinking is beyond my ability to comprehend.
I think that the problem with computers in the classroom as it stands now is that no one quite knows what to do with them. In the late 90's there was a whole plan to "wire" all the schools for internet access. Lacking from this plan was any idea how to use that access. The government wasted millions of dollars. I suppose that the idea may have been to use it as a reference, since we all know that if it is on the internet it must be true! My mom taught high school and has all sorts of stories about what happened with computers and internet access in classrooms.
I, too, have been curious about that. I know that some early HD-DVD players are actually nothing more than Pentium 4 systems running Linux. With the proper knowledge and hardware, I would think that someone could reverse-engineer such a system. Revoking a key for such a system might be too painful for AACS backers.
That being said, I am not investing in either format until two things happen: 1. One of these formats goes away. 2. Either the DRM on the remaining format goes away or is sufficiently cracked so I can make backups of the content on a PC.
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No, we don't. The speed limits we have on our freeways are set for purely political reasons. (The clue is that the limits are set by state legislatures, not engineers.) What I'm saying is that the posted speed limit should reflect the maximum speed for which the road is designed. Naturally, exceeding this limit would be dangerous by definition and worthy of much more than a simple fine.
So, you still think that the current posted speed limit reflects the maximum safe speed? Try this: In the late '80s, the speed limit on many rural Interstate highways was raised from 55 mph to 65 mph. The roads were not changed or altered in any way (other than changing the signs). How is it that one day the maximum safe speed is 55 mph and the next day it is 65 mph for the exact same road?
I'm all for more training, but I think that 50 hours might be excessive. Periodic ability tests (at least more frequent than what we have now) are probably a good idea.
I don't think that that is the law in most of the U.S. I do prefer to pass on the left, though. We always seem to get slowpokes in the left lane here in Chicago. Usually, these people seem to be completely oblivious to their surroundings. I've tried to flash my lights and honk to get them to move over, but they usually don't move over. Actually, the law should make it illegal to be passed on the right under normal circumstances.
As for speed limits, they should be set to the maximum safe speed for the road. Drivers should then be able to make a reasoned determination of how fast they should go based on road conditions, the condition of the car, traffic, etc. That would free up the highway patrol to get people who are truly reckless and the dawdlers in the left lane.
Being from Australia, you probably hear "beer" whenever someone says "coffee".
These sorts of cutbacks have been proposed before, but nothing has come of it. Until we get congressmen who are not in the pocket of the content industries I doubt that we will see any movement in this direction. In other words, I'll believe it when I see it.
I don't know about that. Maybe I'm crazy too, but all the others running for president sound like they belong in the loony bin. Ron Paul is the only one making any sense at all. Most of the so-called "leading" candidates won't even rule out a nuclear first strike on Iran! To me, that sounds insane. The leading Democrats (the supposed anti-war party) won't even guarantee that our troops will be out of Iraq by 2013. Come on, this war will have lasted longer than WWII and the supposed enemy we are fighting has no army, navy, or air force (unlike Japan and Germany). Furthermore, while I think that reducing the size and scope of our federal government will prove to be a good thing, I am not so naive that I think that things will change overnight once Ron Paul becomes president. These changes will take time and likely will not be entirely implemented during his term(s) in office. It would probably take a decade or more of voting not only for Ron Paul and like-minded individuals for president, but also for congress. Since I don't see a libertarian (note lower-case "l") takeover of congress as being likely, most of what Ron Paul will be able to do as president is prevent the government from growing further through the use of the veto. Whenever I see attacks on Ron Paul or the positions he has taken, it just reinforces the fact that he is the leading candidate among the American people. He won a blind poll awhile back (where only the candidates' histories and positions were mentioned, not the names) which seems to point to the idea that people are ready for the type of change that Ron Paul represents.
This wouldn't just be competing against Flickr, but also Zooomr, SmugMug, Photobucket, Picassaweb, WebShots, etc. This space seems very crowded already. How many pictures do people want on public display anyway?
Venus is of similar size and density as Earth, so the gravitational attraction should be about the same. According to what I've read, its magnetic field is considerably weaker than Earth's and is not able to protect the planet from cosmic radiation. Even so, atmospheric pressure is higher on Venus than on Earth.
The Debian logo seems to be inconsistently applied. In searching past stories, I noticed that it is often missing from stories about other Debian-derived distros (e.g. Linspire, Knoppix). I have also seen a logo for SUSE even though it is also derived from another distro. It would seem to me that Ubuntu is a fairly major player now and as such should have its own logo like SUSE.
The issue is that the server doesn't know when someone is using AdBlock, so these people are blocking anyone using a gecko-based browser. Supposedly, the block is based on some peculiarity of the browser itself, not the user agent string. Of course what is missing is the fact that it is possible to block ads in any browser, including IE.
In Firefox, type "about:config" in the address bar. In the list that appears below, find "image.animation_mode". Double click on this and enter "none" in the dialog. No more animated GIFs!
Because it is decidedly NOT in the broadcaster's best interest at this time. MythTV (as well as other open-source DVR solutions) are well known for their ease of skipping commercials. The last thing that a broadcaster wants to do is make it easier to not view an advertisement. If a new model were to appear that did not depend on commercial interruptions that could be skipped, we might see more cooperation from broadcasters. The only part that doesn't make sense is for pay TV that does not include commercials (not sure if these exist anymore since I get my television OTA).
The group of states want oversight extended at least through next year to give them enough time to consider the antitrust implications of Windows Vista. Vista has been out for almost a year now (and will be a year in November). What have they been doing all this time? They had to have known that MS was developing a new operating system and that beta versions of this were being made available (often to the general public) well in advance of the actual release date. While it might not be fair to base these antitrust considerations on a beta version, which may be different from the final version, it can still give a good impression of where things are headed. How long did it take them to consider the antitrust implications of XP? I doubt that it was two years. This just seems to be another example of a bloated bureaucracy at work.
Lost in all of this discussion seems to be the fact that Return to Oz would most certainly still be under copyright.
This is exactly what I do. I don't even bother with AdBlock anymore since this takes care of the things that I found most annoying. It also turns the whole idea of obnoxious advertising on its head in that the more annoying the ad is, the less likely it is to be seen. The only thing that is needed in addition is the ability to automatically skip those interstitial ads, a way to automatically display the entire page of an article rather than having to click a link for the next page, and a way to prevent ads from covering the content (normally, the ad is a flash ad which is blocked anyway, but to click on a link under the ad I have to play the flash and find the "close" button).
After reading the article, it sounds to me like this guy was sold defective hardware. There seems to be some other story here, though. Why didn't Gateway simply replace the computer before this issue came to a head? I am wondering if Sheehan really wants a computer or is standing up for principle. The idea that a company can "opt-out" of the civil justice system is disturbing in and of itself. If it were me, I would just want the defective hardware replaced and then I would be satisfied. As far as Gateway hardware itself, there really is nothing wrong with it. Although I wouldn't buy one myself, my parents have one and it works well for them. I don't remember seeing any EULA when I set it up for them, but I wiped the hard drive and reinstalled Windows right away since it was a floor model and had all sorts of crap installed on it (and not just the normal trial-ware either).
I actually rather like the digital controls for the climate control in my car. My old car had a knob that I would have to turn one way for "warmer" and the opposite way for "cooler". The problem was that on longer trips it was impossible to set it properly. I would have to fiddle with it every 10 to 15 minutes. On my current car, I hardly ever even have to touch the climate control.
You are going to charge me more to exercise rights I already have. Then, on top of that you are going to "manage" (i.e. restrict) those rights with this so-called "managed copy". I am sorry, but I am perfectly capable of managing my own rights. Until AACS is permanently cracked a la DeCSS, I won't be buying either Blu-ray or HD-DVD.
As I recall, when I installed Feisty, it gave an option to resize partitions. The only problem is that it either did not indicate or was vague about which partition was being resized. I wound up with the partitioner doing the opposite of what I wanted.
http://ewatch.prnewswire.com/rs/display.jsp?a=3070 2-309198409-850566157&key=D%7C136206%7CS%7C0%7Cx%7 C309198409
From article:
In the summer of 2001, The MoMI was hit with a cease-and-desist letter
from the RIAA for copyright infringement, alleging damages of $150 million
to their members. Upon further investigation it was discovered that
Microsoft had circumvented The MoMI's copy protection, exposing hidden
music files in an "upgrade" to the Windows Media Player, turning secure
MoMI performances into downloads. We notified the RIAA of the circumvention
and immediately removed the music from our exhibitions. Subsequently, the
RIAA took no action against the MoMI.
This idea has already been tried. Although it did not involve a chip on the disk, DIVX (the original movie rental scheme from Circuit City, not the codec) did allow all of the features of the "business model" you have listed. Studios loved the idea. Consumers did not. The whole system went up in smoke after about a year. In order for a new business model to be successful, it has to be accepted by customers. As far as I know, DIVX has yet to be cracked.
I looked at the picture. I shows an obviously of-legal-drinking-age adult woman in a pirate hat drinking from a plastic cup with no indication of the contents of said cup. How this promotes underage drinking is beyond my ability to comprehend.
I think that the problem with computers in the classroom as it stands now is that no one quite knows what to do with them. In the late 90's there was a whole plan to "wire" all the schools for internet access. Lacking from this plan was any idea how to use that access. The government wasted millions of dollars. I suppose that the idea may have been to use it as a reference, since we all know that if it is on the internet it must be true! My mom taught high school and has all sorts of stories about what happened with computers and internet access in classrooms.
I, too, have been curious about that. I know that some early HD-DVD players are actually nothing more than Pentium 4 systems running Linux. With the proper knowledge and hardware, I would think that someone could reverse-engineer such a system. Revoking a key for such a system might be too painful for AACS backers. That being said, I am not investing in either format until two things happen: 1. One of these formats goes away. 2. Either the DRM on the remaining format goes away or is sufficiently cracked so I can make backups of the content on a PC.