[PG-13] lies between PG and R, for folks outide of the US
So what's R? This reminds me of a great quote from the old days of Snooker (like Pool) commentary on British TV:
"And here we see him lining up on the green. For those of you watching on a black & white TV, the green is the one right between the blue and the yellow"
If you don't want to get shot then don't steal. It's really that simple.
It's all about proportionality of punishment to crime. Even a Judge cannot hand down a death penalty for theft. I really don't see any reason why you should be able to.
Why is their right to steal from me greater than my right to stop them?
It's not. But their right to live is greater than your right to kill them. Stop != kill. It may well be perfectly possible to stop someone stealing your router without shooting them in the back, if so great. If not, well, call the police. That's their job. If they're not able to catch the thief, look to your democratic process to get them better funded or whatever.
IMHO the right to life trumps pretty much every other right there is.
We were in a building with a few hundred thousand dollars in routers, and customers such as banks and medical facilities.
So that's what someone's life is worth now? A "few hundred thousand dollars"? Because there's no point carrying a gun if you're not willing to use it. The very idea of killing someone over something so trivial as a router makes me sick.
I work for a bank, none of our guards are armed, and neither are our staff. I fail to see why our ISPs staff should be.
Well of course it can't. But if I'm buying just one item (as is often the case) why can't I type my zip code into a form on the product page to get a shipping & tax quote? If I do want multiple items, then put the same form on the cart screen. I HATE sites that make you punch in your full address, or worse, register an account, just to get a quote.
I think the #1 problem AMD must overcome is the relationship Intel has with Microsoft. AMD makes clone chips, Intel makes chips that fit into Microsofts OS. Intel and Microsoft share information about how the chip will work with the software.
Right. Which is why Intel and MS have both adopted AMD's x86-64 stuff. Intel are no longer leading, they are following.
Apple has taken the "we defend our legal rights" stance when they've sued Tiger leakers. Fair enough. If they reverse their stance on that now when up against someone with lawyers, I think that'd be quite hypocritical.
I don't think it's at all clear cut that Apple are in the right here. Sure, TigerDirect could have been more friendly than waiting until release day to slap on the suit, but if they own the trademark, they own it. Apple could (and should) have done a search before picking that name.
I'm a VOIP customer (specifically, Vonage). I'm happy with the 911 service they provide. I should be able to opt out of any regulations in order to keep my cheap phone service, if I want.
It basically means that once the first sale has occured (i.e. you buy something from a store) the original manufacturer has no control over what you do with it (destroy it, resell it, whatever you like). That's why Honda can't stop you selling your old car.
However, when there's copyright involved, there's a different set of issues. If you buy a DVD you own that physical piece of plastic. You can resell it, lend it, burn it, bury it, paint it yellow or anything else you see fit. However, what you can't do, is make a copy of the movie on it. That's because you don't own the movie, you own the plastic. Along with the plastic came a license to watch the movie, which you can transfer if you sell the plastic. But, under copyright law (nothing to do with first sale) you cannot modify, copy, distribute or anything else the movie itself.
This new law seems to now allow limited modification in certain circumstances, but still not (of course) copying.
Microsoft tried to butt in on Adobe's turf before with Truetype, but no one (or at least, no one important) does Truetype font libraries, Bitstream, Monotye et al all make their fonts type 1 postscript.
Fact: The biography was unauthorized, which is legal, but not really that morally okay, especially when the biography is about someone who's still alive.
Try again (English 101):
Fact: The biography was unauthorized, which is legal. Opinion: But that's not really that morally okay, especially when the biography is about someone who's still alive.
Personally, I'm not in the least bit interested in readin an authorized biography, particularly about someone who's alive, as it's just marketing spin (autobiographies are another matter, as they give you some insight into how the person thinks).
No one (that I've seen) is arguing that Apple don't have the right to do this, of course they do. It's just really dumb - LMAOROFL dumb. They account for such a tiny portion of Wileys sales that they will happily take all the free publicity instead of the lost sales. I, for one, had no idea this book existed until now, I may well read it.
As for the notion that people in the public eye have some mystical right to aboloute privacy, BS. I don't have that right, neither do you, and neither does Steve or Bill. IMHO, when you make money by putting yourself in the public eye, you open yourself up to the badside to. If Steve wants to protect his privacy, he should quite his job and retire someplace quiet until everyone's forgotten about him. It's HE who make the keynotes, HE who does all the publicity stunts, HE who is responsible for the media attention.
When I moved over I brought my chipped DVD player with me, problem solved. Or you could go to Walmart and buy a cheap region-free player for $40. Yes CSS and region coding is a pain in the backside, but it's really pretty easy to get around these days.
Naziism, for example, is banned, I may be wrong on this one, but I think it's Nazi artifacts which are banned, rather than holding any specific political views. The far right french politicans are pretty damn far right...and they're legal.
and so is wearing a muslim headscarf The french (quite rightly) believe in the seperation of church and state. To that end, schools are non-religous. They took the controversial decision (which I'm not sure if I support or not) to ban religous clothing and symbols, which would include head scarves worn by some religions, and crosses, and anything else of that nature. It's not specifically anti-muslim, and it ONLY APPLIES TO SCHOOLS.
What's wrong with a network? I've never owned one of these things, and I just don't understand why I would. What do people use them for? My music is on my mp3 player, if I want to move a file between locations I use the net, if it's too big for that I burn it on a CD/DVD for $0.10. I realise I'm not the target market but I'm trying to understand who is - college students? Don't they have internet access?
I would fight for a bigoted, homophobic persons right to do the same things that I do, but I STILL would tell a bigoted, homophobic person to their face that what they do is wrong, please change your ways.
If being a Christian led you to believe that the world was flat, or that 1=2, you'd still be wrong. I fully support your right to believe whatever you believe, but I reserve my right to label you how I see you. Hiding behind your religon ("but god told me to kill that man") is easy, and smacks of weakness to me.
Ahhhh... South Bermondsey... that takes me back:) Standing on the windiest station platform known to man waiting for the 2 carriage connex train to arrive, only for it to be so full there's physically no space for anyone else to fit in it. All this for a 5 minute ride to London Bridge. I think about it sometimes when I'm riding the ferry across the Hudson to Manhattan:)
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[PG-13] lies between PG and R, for folks outide of the US
So what's R? This reminds me of a great quote from the old days of Snooker (like Pool) commentary on British TV:
"And here we see him lining up on the green. For those of you watching on a black & white TV, the green is the one right between the blue and the yellow"
If you don't want to get shot then don't steal. It's really that simple.
It's all about proportionality of punishment to crime. Even a Judge cannot hand down a death penalty for theft. I really don't see any reason why you should be able to.
So you wouldn't point your gun at someone stealing your equipment? If so, great. If not, well...
Why is their right to steal from me greater than my right to stop them?
It's not. But their right to live is greater than your right to kill them. Stop != kill. It may well be perfectly possible to stop someone stealing your router without shooting them in the back, if so great. If not, well, call the police. That's their job. If they're not able to catch the thief, look to your democratic process to get them better funded or whatever.
IMHO the right to life trumps pretty much every other right there is.
We were in a building with a few hundred thousand dollars in routers, and customers such as banks and medical facilities.
So that's what someone's life is worth now? A "few hundred thousand dollars"? Because there's no point carrying a gun if you're not willing to use it. The very idea of killing someone over something so trivial as a router makes me sick.
I work for a bank, none of our guards are armed, and neither are our staff. I fail to see why our ISPs staff should be.
Well of course it can't. But if I'm buying just one item (as is often the case) why can't I type my zip code into a form on the product page to get a shipping & tax quote? If I do want multiple items, then put the same form on the cart screen. I HATE sites that make you punch in your full address, or worse, register an account, just to get a quote.
I think the #1 problem AMD must overcome is the relationship Intel has with Microsoft. AMD makes clone chips, Intel makes chips that fit into Microsofts OS. Intel and Microsoft share information about how the chip will work with the software.
Right. Which is why Intel and MS have both adopted AMD's x86-64 stuff. Intel are no longer leading, they are following.
Hey - I've got a free program you might want for keeping track of all those pesky passwords. Did I mention it's free? Must be good, right?
Ahh - I see the Apple mods are out in force. How exactly is the parent a Troll? He raises a good point.
As for TD's prices - they were doing wicked deals on Seagate SATA drives recently.
Apple has taken the "we defend our legal rights" stance when they've sued Tiger leakers. Fair enough. If they reverse their stance on that now when up against someone with lawyers, I think that'd be quite hypocritical.
I don't think it's at all clear cut that Apple are in the right here. Sure, TigerDirect could have been more friendly than waiting until release day to slap on the suit, but if they own the trademark, they own it. Apple could (and should) have done a search before picking that name.
I'm a VOIP customer (specifically, Vonage). I'm happy with the 911 service they provide. I should be able to opt out of any regulations in order to keep my cheap phone service, if I want.
It basically means that once the first sale has occured (i.e. you buy something from a store) the original manufacturer has no control over what you do with it (destroy it, resell it, whatever you like). That's why Honda can't stop you selling your old car.
However, when there's copyright involved, there's a different set of issues. If you buy a DVD you own that physical piece of plastic. You can resell it, lend it, burn it, bury it, paint it yellow or anything else you see fit. However, what you can't do, is make a copy of the movie on it. That's because you don't own the movie, you own the plastic. Along with the plastic came a license to watch the movie, which you can transfer if you sell the plastic. But, under copyright law (nothing to do with first sale) you cannot modify, copy, distribute or anything else the movie itself.
This new law seems to now allow limited modification in certain circumstances, but still not (of course) copying.
Boeing's strategy of using smaller, more efficient jets
I think you mean smaller, less efficient jets.
Makes me wonder though, why not offer a sleeping seat choice at ticket time?
They do, it's called Business/First class.
Microsoft tried to butt in on Adobe's turf before with Truetype, but no one (or at least, no one important) does Truetype font libraries, Bitstream, Monotye et al all make their fonts type 1 postscript.
From Monotype:
"since more and more folks are looking for TrueType fonts, every new typeface we release is available in both formats"
From Bitstream:
"Bitstream sells fonts for Windows in TrueType, OpenType, or PostScript Type 1 format"
Looks like TrueType is doing just fine. You might want to brush up on your recent history.
Fact: The biography was unauthorized, which is legal, but not really that morally okay, especially when the biography is about someone who's still alive.
Try again (English 101):
Fact: The biography was unauthorized, which is legal.
Opinion: But that's not really that morally okay, especially when the biography is about someone who's still alive.
Personally, I'm not in the least bit interested in readin an authorized biography, particularly about someone who's alive, as it's just marketing spin (autobiographies are another matter, as they give you some insight into how the person thinks).
No one (that I've seen) is arguing that Apple don't have the right to do this, of course they do. It's just really dumb - LMAOROFL dumb. They account for such a tiny portion of Wileys sales that they will happily take all the free publicity instead of the lost sales. I, for one, had no idea this book existed until now, I may well read it.
As for the notion that people in the public eye have some mystical right to aboloute privacy, BS. I don't have that right, neither do you, and neither does Steve or Bill. IMHO, when you make money by putting yourself in the public eye, you open yourself up to the badside to. If Steve wants to protect his privacy, he should quite his job and retire someplace quiet until everyone's forgotten about him. It's HE who make the keynotes, HE who does all the publicity stunts, HE who is responsible for the media attention.
At least they don't have to worry about dropping the stylus and decapitaing a spectator ;)
Most of the major manufacturers of DSLRs already provide addons to make them usable for law enforcement (by signing each image when it's taken).
When I moved over I brought my chipped DVD player with me, problem solved. Or you could go to Walmart and buy a cheap region-free player for $40. Yes CSS and region coding is a pain in the backside, but it's really pretty easy to get around these days.
Naziism, for example, is banned,
I may be wrong on this one, but I think it's Nazi artifacts which are banned, rather than holding any specific political views. The far right french politicans are pretty damn far right...and they're legal.
and so is wearing a muslim headscarf
The french (quite rightly) believe in the seperation of church and state. To that end, schools are non-religous. They took the controversial decision (which I'm not sure if I support or not) to ban religous clothing and symbols, which would include head scarves worn by some religions, and crosses, and anything else of that nature. It's not specifically anti-muslim, and it ONLY APPLIES TO SCHOOLS.
What's wrong with a network? I've never owned one of these things, and I just don't understand why I would. What do people use them for? My music is on my mp3 player, if I want to move a file between locations I use the net, if it's too big for that I burn it on a CD/DVD for $0.10. I realise I'm not the target market but I'm trying to understand who is - college students? Don't they have internet access?
I would fight for a bigoted, homophobic persons right to do the same things that I do, but I STILL would tell a bigoted, homophobic person to their face that what they do is wrong, please change your ways.
If being a Christian led you to believe that the world was flat, or that 1=2, you'd still be wrong. I fully support your right to believe whatever you believe, but I reserve my right to label you how I see you. Hiding behind your religon ("but god told me to kill that man") is easy, and smacks of weakness to me.
On the same hand, what is keeping an employer from fireing me just because he dosen't like my face?
The law.
Should I have special protection from being fired for being unattractive?
You already do.
Ahhhh... South Bermondsey... that takes me back :) Standing on the windiest station platform known to man waiting for the 2 carriage connex train to arrive, only for it to be so full there's physically no space for anyone else to fit in it. All this for a 5 minute ride to London Bridge. I think about it sometimes when I'm riding the ferry across the Hudson to Manhattan :)