Probably not. First, the RIAA dropping charges has no bearing on common law; only judgments can affect that. Also, if they drop the charges due to lack of evidence, or because they no longer think the accused actually infringed copyright, they would not be excusing infringement. Rather, they would be saying that - in the particular case in question - it never took place.
Also, any change in the laws - which is necessary if people are going to be able to file-share in peace - will have to be done by the legislature.
That question seems to have a lot of bearing on how much or how little bloggers should be given access. Any idiot with a computer can start a blog; access to PR & real people's time should be limited to those who actually provide news coverage. The line is drawn somewhere with regard to print media; shouldn't the principle behind that delimitation apply to bloggers as well, whatever it might be?
How about calling it 'Version 7', and forgoing the use of a code-name for a publicly-developed project? Though, I must say 'Feisty Fawn' is better than some of the other zany names they've used. Hoary Hedgehog and Dapper Drake are especially lame.
It's a recent, cerebral sci-fi movie, and a pretty good one at that. Though it may be the exception that proves the rule: most other good sci-fi movies have been, at least in part, action movies. Though that's not necessarily a bad thing: The Arrival was a somewhat cheesy action/sci-fi flick, but was surprisingly good at the same time.
If Hollywood insists on making space-opera movies, perhaps they should adapt some of Iain M. Banks' books to the silver screen.
Don't worry about it. Anyone who has been on slashdot long enough knows that the submitter's content is just the part that appears as a quote; the mini-introduction is always done by the editors. _My_ first story that was accepted to slashdot had a glaring typo in the title; the first 50 comments were devoted to making fun of that mistake!
Regardless, I, for one, welcome this news about France releasing UFO documents. It reminds me of the heady days of X-Files and the fun people had in speculating, semi-seriously, about the existence of UFOs and government conspiracies.
Not so. Transfer & processing of data takes a non-trivial amount of time. You can prove this by doing the following:
Take all the paper out of your printer;
Print a ~20 page/2mb PDF;
Wait a few minutes;
Put the paper back in the printer.
In this case, the pages will immediately come out as fast as the printer can print them. If, on the other hand, you just send the print job as per normal, there will be a delay before the first page comes out, and a subsequent delay between each page. At least, that's how it is with my CLJ 2600n (which, admittedly, has crappy internal hw specs).
It's not "unwanted", people just don't want to pay the price.
It's unwanted at that price. The price is part of the product offering. Thus, the PS3 is currently unwanted.
Don't pompously rephrase what other people say and try to pass it off as a rebuttal. It makes you sound like a dick.
By the way, if Sony's hostility to their customers (like shutting down Lik-Sang, and forcing Blu-Ray on us all when it is simply not necessary) doesn't dissuade you from buying from Sony, then you are a tool and part of the problem.
And don't misrepresent people's desire for products that diverge from your narrow consumerist agenda as active support for corporate evil. It makes you sound like a pushy asshole with an authoritarian streak.
If slashdotters don't show at least as much skepticism about this as they do about global warming, my faith in the rationality of man will be forever lost. The loss of cheap plentiful bandwidth would be... bothersome. Only to be solved in a few years by investment in more capacity by the networks. If we are going to worry ourselves about future crises, let us make them crises worth worrying about, m'kay?
Four more years until the MP3 patent expires. I can't wait - finally there will be no reason to advocate a media format named after a neanderthal cave dweller!
Will any game ever be better than F1 World Grand Prix? I seriously doubt it. If there is a better game in existence, it's probably GoldenEye, or Ocarina. The N64 kicked ass.
oh, and by the way, does anyone else here prefer the cartridge format? No danger of scratches, quick load-times, generally a physically strong media.
With today's cheap and expansive flash memory, shouldn't someone be thinking about bringing cartridges back? Surely 1-2GB is enough for passably good graphics
Two space shuttles have been lost; one of them exploded (or at least that's how it looked on tv), and the other burned up in the atmosphere. RIP to the astronauts.
As far as I remember, the great evil in the world at the time when the ISS was being built wasn't the chinese, it was rogue states and criminal gangs. That, at least, was the justification for a bunch of make-work programs for former soviet rocket and nuclear scientists.
Regarding building the thing, you american's didn't just rely on russian heavy-lift, you also relied on a good deal of russian space-station technology that was developed and refined for the Mir. Things like CO2 converters and such. Remmeber, the russians had spent a hell of a lot more time in space stations than the americans did when the ISS was being built.
And, an orbit friendlier to the american launch locations woudn't have made any difference when the shuttle was grounded for however many months it was during these past few years.
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Why did you name it after yourself?
Probably not. First, the RIAA dropping charges has no bearing on common law; only judgments can affect that. Also, if they drop the charges due to lack of evidence, or because they no longer think the accused actually infringed copyright, they would not be excusing infringement. Rather, they would be saying that - in the particular case in question - it never took place.
Also, any change in the laws - which is necessary if people are going to be able to file-share in peace - will have to be done by the legislature.
That question seems to have a lot of bearing on how much or how little bloggers should be given access. Any idiot with a computer can start a blog; access to PR & real people's time should be limited to those who actually provide news coverage. The line is drawn somewhere with regard to print media; shouldn't the principle behind that delimitation apply to bloggers as well, whatever it might be?
How about calling it 'Version 7', and forgoing the use of a code-name for a publicly-developed project? Though, I must say 'Feisty Fawn' is better than some of the other zany names they've used. Hoary Hedgehog and Dapper Drake are especially lame.
It's a recent, cerebral sci-fi movie, and a pretty good one at that. Though it may be the exception that proves the rule: most other good sci-fi movies have been, at least in part, action movies. Though that's not necessarily a bad thing: The Arrival was a somewhat cheesy action/sci-fi flick, but was surprisingly good at the same time.
If Hollywood insists on making space-opera movies, perhaps they should adapt some of Iain M. Banks' books to the silver screen.
Don't worry about it. Anyone who has been on slashdot long enough knows that the submitter's content is just the part that appears as a quote; the mini-introduction is always done by the editors. _My_ first story that was accepted to slashdot had a glaring typo in the title; the first 50 comments were devoted to making fun of that mistake!
Regardless, I, for one, welcome this news about France releasing UFO documents. It reminds me of the heady days of X-Files and the fun people had in speculating, semi-seriously, about the existence of UFOs and government conspiracies.
Are you sure HP doesn't make laser printers? They certainly sell HP-branded laser printers (their LaserJet and ColorLaserJet lines).
- Take all the paper out of your printer;
- Print a ~20 page/2mb PDF;
- Wait a few minutes;
- Put the paper back in the printer.
In this case, the pages will immediately come out as fast as the printer can print them. If, on the other hand, you just send the print job as per normal, there will be a delay before the first page comes out, and a subsequent delay between each page. At least, that's how it is with my CLJ 2600n (which, admittedly, has crappy internal hw specs).Don't pompously rephrase what other people say and try to pass it off as a rebuttal. It makes you sound like a dick.
By the way, if Sony's hostility to their customers (like shutting down Lik-Sang, and forcing Blu-Ray on us all when it is simply not necessary) doesn't dissuade you from buying from Sony, then you are a tool and part of the problem.
And don't misrepresent people's desire for products that diverge from your narrow consumerist agenda as active support for corporate evil. It makes you sound like a pushy asshole with an authoritarian streak.
If slashdotters don't show at least as much skepticism about this as they do about global warming, my faith in the rationality of man will be forever lost. The loss of cheap plentiful bandwidth would be... bothersome. Only to be solved in a few years by investment in more capacity by the networks. If we are going to worry ourselves about future crises, let us make them crises worth worrying about, m'kay?
Four more years until the MP3 patent expires. I can't wait - finally there will be no reason to advocate a media format named after a neanderthal cave dweller!
Will any game ever be better than F1 World Grand Prix? I seriously doubt it. If there is a better game in existence, it's probably GoldenEye, or Ocarina. The N64 kicked ass.
oh, and by the way, does anyone else here prefer the cartridge format? No danger of scratches, quick load-times, generally a physically strong media.
With today's cheap and expansive flash memory, shouldn't someone be thinking about bringing cartridges back? Surely 1-2GB is enough for passably good graphics
the mods may say you posted flamebait, but to me it's a flame that warms my heart. rock on, brother!
Two space shuttles have been lost; one of them exploded (or at least that's how it looked on tv), and the other burned up in the atmosphere. RIP to the astronauts. As far as I remember, the great evil in the world at the time when the ISS was being built wasn't the chinese, it was rogue states and criminal gangs. That, at least, was the justification for a bunch of make-work programs for former soviet rocket and nuclear scientists. Regarding building the thing, you american's didn't just rely on russian heavy-lift, you also relied on a good deal of russian space-station technology that was developed and refined for the Mir. Things like CO2 converters and such. Remmeber, the russians had spent a hell of a lot more time in space stations than the americans did when the ISS was being built. And, an orbit friendlier to the american launch locations woudn't have made any difference when the shuttle was grounded for however many months it was during these past few years.
I was interested, so I checked, and... calc.exe takes 6,472 K on WinXP. Proof that MS only hires jeiuses to work in Redmond.
YAAT. YWL. IDCIYHAND.
for the love of god, please, let that joke die