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The very same reason that when millionaires become billionaires they don't stop wanting to make more money. It's addictive and they just keep on going until they die. Maybe when Rupert Murdoch croaks it, it'll be a better situation...
I've said it once, I'll say it again, who the flying fuck wants to play FLAC on a portable DAP?! You use it when moving generally, on somewhat shitty headphones where you couldn't tell the difference between it and any number of lossy formats. It's a waste of time.
You know, to get anyone to do anything in the tech field on this level you need a very large carrot. One million dollars isn't nearly enough to entice serious teams to dedicate months and months of their time to it. I believe that was the same problem befalling the Loebner prize, the top prize isn't nearly enough to stimulate serious research. I'm all for cutting down on tax payers spending (devil's advocate, seeing as I'm in the UK), but come on. $1m? $10m might be a bit more realistic?
Maybe not sound business sense but I think the representative realised that there was no business to come out of this person. We all have breaking points, I guess this was his.
Could someone join me in a cry of "waaaaaaahhhhhh" for this person.
Someone didn't read the T&Cs properly.
Also, I bet that person bitched and bitched and bitched to get an annoyed Customer Service response like that. You can get snooty but it takes a fair bit to get a really pissed off response back.
I know, I've tried.
While I understand the point you're making and I wholeheartedly agree with you, the point of the post was to state what the law is and, he's right, they as the holders of the copyright and the licensors can tell you how you watch and use your disk, all morals aside.
They need a whole ton of more money than they do right now. I can't remember how much Sealand is going for, but from what I can remember it's a whole load.
It's not all that bad really. Tesco do an el cheapo version of noodles for about 9p complete with flavouring sachet, so you could eat like a king (albeit a poor one) for days on a fiver! Although I'm not sure if they're still around, the Samar brand of instant noodles at about 20p each are probably the ones I'll always remember, although if anyone was eating their curry noodles around 96-97 will remember they changed the flavour and it was horrible. Luckily they changed it back...
Based on his attitude I'm willing to bet the person just asked to see a receipt or something similar. That guy has also probably never worked retail and if he has, he was probably fired. There's no excuse to threaten retail employees for just doing what is asked of them. I work in a retail store and I have to do the same thing. Do I give two shits if YOU steal something? Hell no, go for it. But I've still got to do what the company asks of me. People just cannot seperate store and employee sometimes and it makes me sick.
On the BBC it only came a few stories down from the war in Iraq! Important it might be to people who enjoy the books but on that sort of scale? Some people need to give their heads a shake.
You know, I always liked Voyager. The only thing that spoiled it was the absolute piss poor ending. You have about two minutes focus on Earth's solar system. That's it.
Let's be honest. How many people, statistically, hunt for food as opposed to making something stop moving? I haven't looked it up, admittedly, but I'm betting that the majority of people hunt so they can feel some sense of pride about being a human being. A complete waste of life to satisfy our bloodlust.
However, if they're hunting for food I'm 100% behind it. A-ok.
People that lose money for a principle are people that can afford to lose it. Most people can't, hence why hardly anyone ever does. It's a nice ideal though...
Surely free speech is free speech? If it's moderated in any way then surely it's no longer free speech? If the US society has free speech as one of it's most basic elements then surely, although in extreme bad taste, this person be allowed to say it.
Granted, he'll probably be fired but I hope to goodness that no criminal charges become of this because by the letter of the law surely he's done nothing wrong.
Firstly, I'm not American. Also, I don't know the law over there but I'm willing to bet that the constitution and thusly, free speech *would* in fact come first.
What the guy said was foolish in the extreme, but did he actually harm anyone? No? Good. If someones reality was shattered or their minds changed by something he said then they're weak willied idiots, children or not.
Oh ho, didn't you ever have tapes that when you ejected them you heard that "oh god I didn't hear that" crinkling noise, the door of the deck opens and nothing comes out.
Doom.
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The very same reason that when millionaires become billionaires they don't stop wanting to make more money. It's addictive and they just keep on going until they die. Maybe when Rupert Murdoch croaks it, it'll be a better situation...
A dug trial? Is that like Crufts?
I've said it once, I'll say it again, who the flying fuck wants to play FLAC on a portable DAP?! You use it when moving generally, on somewhat shitty headphones where you couldn't tell the difference between it and any number of lossy formats. It's a waste of time.
You know, to get anyone to do anything in the tech field on this level you need a very large carrot. One million dollars isn't nearly enough to entice serious teams to dedicate months and months of their time to it. I believe that was the same problem befalling the Loebner prize, the top prize isn't nearly enough to stimulate serious research. I'm all for cutting down on tax payers spending (devil's advocate, seeing as I'm in the UK), but come on. $1m? $10m might be a bit more realistic?
Yes because hardcore spammers go wardriving.
I for one welcome our Chines*BLAM* *thud*
Strict gun control in the UK! Doubt he'd be able to get it! :D
Maybe not sound business sense but I think the representative realised that there was no business to come out of this person. We all have breaking points, I guess this was his.
Could someone join me in a cry of "waaaaaaahhhhhh" for this person. Someone didn't read the T&Cs properly. Also, I bet that person bitched and bitched and bitched to get an annoyed Customer Service response like that. You can get snooty but it takes a fair bit to get a really pissed off response back. I know, I've tried.
While I understand the point you're making and I wholeheartedly agree with you, the point of the post was to state what the law is and, he's right, they as the holders of the copyright and the licensors can tell you how you watch and use your disk, all morals aside.
They need a whole ton of more money than they do right now. I can't remember how much Sealand is going for, but from what I can remember it's a whole load.
It's not all that bad really. Tesco do an el cheapo version of noodles for about 9p complete with flavouring sachet, so you could eat like a king (albeit a poor one) for days on a fiver! Although I'm not sure if they're still around, the Samar brand of instant noodles at about 20p each are probably the ones I'll always remember, although if anyone was eating their curry noodles around 96-97 will remember they changed the flavour and it was horrible. Luckily they changed it back...
Watch this client get banned from every single private tracker in the world!
Based on his attitude I'm willing to bet the person just asked to see a receipt or something similar. That guy has also probably never worked retail and if he has, he was probably fired. There's no excuse to threaten retail employees for just doing what is asked of them. I work in a retail store and I have to do the same thing. Do I give two shits if YOU steal something? Hell no, go for it. But I've still got to do what the company asks of me. People just cannot seperate store and employee sometimes and it makes me sick.
You could also, oh I dunno, NOT be a dick to the employee? Just a thought.
I don't think that's entirely the point.
On the BBC it only came a few stories down from the war in Iraq! Important it might be to people who enjoy the books but on that sort of scale? Some people need to give their heads a shake.
You know, I always liked Voyager. The only thing that spoiled it was the absolute piss poor ending. You have about two minutes focus on Earth's solar system. That's it.
Let's be honest. How many people, statistically, hunt for food as opposed to making something stop moving? I haven't looked it up, admittedly, but I'm betting that the majority of people hunt so they can feel some sense of pride about being a human being. A complete waste of life to satisfy our bloodlust. However, if they're hunting for food I'm 100% behind it. A-ok.
People that lose money for a principle are people that can afford to lose it. Most people can't, hence why hardly anyone ever does. It's a nice ideal though...
Lucky you. :( In the same time frame I've had 8000!
Is it more a violation of the codes of being a teacher as opposed to a violation of the law?
Granted, he'll probably be fired but I hope to goodness that no criminal charges become of this because by the letter of the law surely he's done nothing wrong.
Firstly, I'm not American. Also, I don't know the law over there but I'm willing to bet that the constitution and thusly, free speech *would* in fact come first. What the guy said was foolish in the extreme, but did he actually harm anyone? No? Good. If someones reality was shattered or their minds changed by something he said then they're weak willied idiots, children or not.
Speaking of WPM counts is there any freeware Windows based software where I can check my typing speed?
Oh ho, didn't you ever have tapes that when you ejected them you heard that "oh god I didn't hear that" crinkling noise, the door of the deck opens and nothing comes out. Doom.