Yes, we'll punish the offenders, but you must eat 10,000 babies first"
I don't think anyone would agree to anything that drastic, but: Only interceptions between 11-Sept-2001 and 13-Sept-2001 for known terror suspects as of 1-Jan-2008 shall be granted limited legal protections
That isn't the total immunity that the Administration is pushing for but may be enough to get the needed votes to get it through. Yes, it leaves a large window to make an 11th hour list of terror suspects, but this is just blue sky wording.
then quit pussyfooting around and just make Bush emperor for life And who the hell is saying make Bush Emperor for life? The politicians are just working the the ebb and flow needed to get things done. It's not pretty, but, that's why not everyone is willing to work in public office. Not everyone is going to agree with everyone else, but if there is going to be any progress there can't be two parties playing hard line politics.
But the government also works on compromise. I don't agree with compromising the constitution but if it's the only way to move the bill ahead with the other parts you need/want is to include this partial protection carrot then it has to be done. Then we have to have faith in the judicial system and that it will reach the courts and that section be thrown out over being unconstitutional.
Politics isn't the cut and dry thing we make it out to be. Sometimes we need to agree to deals we know to be dirty to accomplish our goals, means to an ends, and hope the system works correctly all the way through. If we have to carrot this protection amendment to get a FISA bill that "fixes" domestic wiretapping to not be a mess of illegal fishing, then so be it.
If the telecoms monitor everything you email and call about... What's to stop them from monitoring/blocking/listing you for contacting your senator in opposition to their immunity?
Not to scare anyone, just thinking... This is one time where pen and paper would have been the only way to go.
A glimmer of hope. Some senators are saying that while the telecoms should get some protection for how they helped after 11-sept that it shouldn't be complete immunity and it shouldn't be completely retroactive.
Meaning that there are some people still holding out that total blank slate is wrong but some protections be grated for some limited period in the past. If that's the compromise that has to be made to get it through the senate to reach the inevitable veto, it's still better than saying that they're going to bend over completely.
We already have laws that punish real bootlegging pirates. Walk down the street in most major metropolitan areas and you see people making money off other peoples hard work. Would those people be charged with both the original crime AND a crime for EACH of the copyrights they violated to sell a five dollar version of a 20 dollar RIAA CD?
This isn't a bill written to make the constituents happy... I'm glad the DOJ is doing more than following along.
Under the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) "local number portability" (LNP) rules, so long as you remain in the same geographic area, you can switch telephone service providers and keep your existing phone number. If you are moving from one geographic area to another, however, you may not be able to take your number with you. These rules have applied for some time to wireless and most traditional, wireline telephone companies. In addition, the FCC recently extended the LNP rules to interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers and determined that the rules would also apply to small wireline telephone companies that have not been granted waivers from the rules by their state public utility commissions. Therefore, subscribers remaining in the same geographic area can now switch from a wireless, wireline, or VoIP company to any other wireless, wireline, or VoIP company and still keep their existing phone numbers.
But the PP point is that these are going to be applied to hybrid vehicles. It would do us no good to have to stop every 2 hours of driving to charge for 5 mins. Your case works well for conventional Li-on battery uses. Their point is about proposed rapid charging for future uses. In their case, yeah, storage makes a large difference
I'm not going to install it for people. It's the entire reason I'm still running XP on my box. Just too much of a hassle and I see no reason to spend the time and take the aspirin just to be in line with Microsoft's latest wishes. Then again, wasn't it an install of Active Directory that didn't let you really do anything useful till SP1 and then you could actually see the value of it?
Change BB's color blue to green and voila! Buy More.
If you change a certain percentage of a logo it's considered not protected. Also, it may fall under parody. But why fight it if people think their geek squad is secret agents or some such nonsense?
Just treat them with a little respect but make sure they know that there are rules. It's hard to have people listen to what you say if they think "well we're friends, he'll let it slide" but they'll become defiant if you're the complete prick IT guy.
I've found that being respectful but firm with all users they understand what they can and cannot do. If I treat management different than the cube grunts the management become the Mr. Elitist.
I mean, how "correct" are we being with this. I always thought w00t was a l33t thing. I have never seen it used outside of computer geek circles really and it's assumed that j00r sp34k1n6 1|\| l33t s0 7h3 00z 4r3 7h3r3.
I guess there is some truthiness with how they pick their words though.
Is this going to stop the RIAA lawsuits at all? This reads like an advertisement for the social site more than that the record companies have done an about face in policy.
Besides, what's to stop them from having the RIAA from going after these downloads? I hope that's in the contracts that give them a cut of the advertising.
Slashdot Mirror
In the command line for put -console. Then after loading press ~
1. Find neat mimic-able game
2. Copy game design
3. ???
4. PROFIT!
I lost a few gig of SD memory in a keyboard one time by accident. So, we're actually moving backwards in size.
isn't this a very good time to advertise the HECK out of the, um, DS
Also, the DS can be used in with the Wii you REALLY wanted and will eventually buy anyway
Yes, we'll punish the offenders, but you must eat 10,000 babies first"
I don't think anyone would agree to anything that drastic, but:
Only interceptions between 11-Sept-2001 and 13-Sept-2001 for known terror suspects as of 1-Jan-2008 shall be granted limited legal protections
That isn't the total immunity that the Administration is pushing for but may be enough to get the needed votes to get it through. Yes, it leaves a large window to make an 11th hour list of terror suspects, but this is just blue sky wording.
then quit pussyfooting around and just make Bush emperor for life
And who the hell is saying make Bush Emperor for life? The politicians are just working the the ebb and flow needed to get things done. It's not pretty, but, that's why not everyone is willing to work in public office. Not everyone is going to agree with everyone else, but if there is going to be any progress there can't be two parties playing hard line politics.
But the government also works on compromise. I don't agree with compromising the constitution but if it's the only way to move the bill ahead with the other parts you need/want is to include this partial protection carrot then it has to be done. Then we have to have faith in the judicial system and that it will reach the courts and that section be thrown out over being unconstitutional.
Politics isn't the cut and dry thing we make it out to be. Sometimes we need to agree to deals we know to be dirty to accomplish our goals, means to an ends, and hope the system works correctly all the way through. If we have to carrot this protection amendment to get a FISA bill that "fixes" domestic wiretapping to not be a mess of illegal fishing, then so be it.
If the telecoms monitor everything you email and call about... What's to stop them from monitoring/blocking/listing you for contacting your senator in opposition to their immunity?
Not to scare anyone, just thinking... This is one time where pen and paper would have been the only way to go.
A glimmer of hope. Some senators are saying that while the telecoms should get some protection for how they helped after 11-sept that it shouldn't be complete immunity and it shouldn't be completely retroactive.
Meaning that there are some people still holding out that total blank slate is wrong but some protections be grated for some limited period in the past. If that's the compromise that has to be made to get it through the senate to reach the inevitable veto, it's still better than saying that they're going to bend over completely.
they won't support a "Czar" of any kind.
Like the Drug Czar or Defense Czar...? I don't support them but they exist.
We already have laws that punish real bootlegging pirates. Walk down the street in most major metropolitan areas and you see people making money off other peoples hard work. Would those people be charged with both the original crime AND a crime for EACH of the copyrights they violated to sell a five dollar version of a 20 dollar RIAA CD?
This isn't a bill written to make the constituents happy... I'm glad the DOJ is doing more than following along.
Google'a Knol
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Under the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) "local number portability" (LNP) rules, so long as you remain in the same geographic area, you can switch telephone service providers and keep your existing phone number. If you are moving from one geographic area to another, however, you may not be able to take your number with you. These rules have applied for some time to wireless and most traditional, wireline telephone companies. In addition, the FCC recently extended the LNP rules to interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers and determined that the rules would also apply to small wireline telephone companies that have not been granted waivers from the rules by their state public utility commissions. Therefore, subscribers remaining in the same geographic area can now switch from a wireless, wireline, or VoIP company to any other wireless, wireline, or VoIP company and still keep their existing phone numbers.
No they ALL have to
Yes and has been for some time
But the PP point is that these are going to be applied to hybrid vehicles. It would do us no good to have to stop every 2 hours of driving to charge for 5 mins. Your case works well for conventional Li-on battery uses. Their point is about proposed rapid charging for future uses. In their case, yeah, storage makes a large difference
I'm not going to install it for people. It's the entire reason I'm still running XP on my box. Just too much of a hassle and I see no reason to spend the time and take the aspirin just to be in line with Microsoft's latest wishes. Then again, wasn't it an install of Active Directory that didn't let you really do anything useful till SP1 and then you could actually see the value of it?
They where also taking the pictures from outside the box where the cat's are kept in an attempt to tell Schrödinger to eat it.
We have a something to fight the the glow in the dark mice
Who lives at the south pole? Herschel the Hanukkah goblin you insensitive cod!
I know it's five million, but that just read funny.
We sold five whole copies of Halo 3! Pop the boxed champaign!!
Just treat them with a little respect but make sure they know that there are rules. It's hard to have people listen to what you say if they think "well we're friends, he'll let it slide" but they'll become defiant if you're the complete prick IT guy.
I've found that being respectful but firm with all users they understand what they can and cannot do. If I treat management different than the cube grunts the management become the Mr. Elitist.
I mean, how "correct" are we being with this. I always thought w00t was a l33t thing. I have never seen it used outside of computer geek circles really and it's assumed that j00r sp34k1n6 1|\| l33t s0 7h3 00z 4r3 7h3r3.
I guess there is some truthiness with how they pick their words though.
Is this going to stop the RIAA lawsuits at all? This reads like an advertisement for the social site more than that the record companies have done an about face in policy.
Besides, what's to stop them from having the RIAA from going after these downloads? I hope that's in the contracts that give them a cut of the advertising.
Probably less than you'd imagine...
Um... toilet paper wasn't invented this year, buddy. Sorry if you just got the word.
What? You mean I've been using my hand for nothing?