Apparently in most business we trust most people to not steal laptops, projectors, LCD monitors, etc.
However it seems that NOWHERE in corporate America does any company trust it's employees (at least the male ones) to not steal the paper towels out of the mens room. The dispenser is ALWAYS locked up !
One of things that leads to too many people finding junk in their searches is that they don't understand the power of search engines. Google is (was?) truly innovative with the things they allow for searching. And it's not rocket science!
Using things like quotation marks, logical operators, and even more conveniently the 'minus sign' can trim down the results for a search engine that supports them from tens of thousands (or more) to maybe a few dozen key hits.
The "Google it" approach would probably have yielded results as good or better as most of the Q&A sites if the search terms had been entered correctly.
Over the years I have attempted to educate some of the 'younger' generation about the do-s and don't-s of music copying and sharing. The following questions have come up out of real experiences and I have never had anyone provide a reasonable (justifiable) answer.
1. If I purchase a CD and it is subsequently stolen (along with my 5 disc changer *@$#!!) do I retain any rights to listen to that music?
. a. Are the.mp3 files of that CD on my computer legal or do they now belong to the thief too?
. b. Can I re-burn a CD from the.mp3s and is that legal?
. c. Does me having a backup copy of the files on my computer mean I can't make an insurance claim?
. d. What if it is destroyed (for example by a fire) rather than stolen?
2. If I purchase a CD and it is subsequently scratched or broken to the point where it is not playable, can I legally download the songs from that CD from a file-sharing network?
3. If I purchase the DVD for a movie, could I legally download songs from the soundtrack for that movie from a file-sharing network?
4. If I purchase a CD that our entire family listens to, and then my daughter leaves for College, can she legally take a copy of an.mp3 ripped from that CD with her on her computer? or - similarly - could she take the disc and could I keep the.mp3 on my computer?
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Google has already taken care of that too: 1-800-GOOG-411
From the link:
Find and call local businesses by talking, not typing. Free.The best reason I can think of to NOT be on the DNC list is so that you can use my Telecrapper 2000.
On another note, Isn't there a Mr. "Question Mark" who, along with his Mysterians, actually invented said punctuation?
However it seems that NOWHERE in corporate America does any company trust it's employees (at least the male ones) to not steal the paper towels out of the mens room. The dispenser is ALWAYS locked up !
Perhaps the payload should then be the Oreck 8 pound XL, or even better - a Roomba!
Are the 409 scams cleaner than the 419 scams?
Using things like quotation marks, logical operators, and even more conveniently the 'minus sign' can trim down the results for a search engine that supports them from tens of thousands (or more) to maybe a few dozen key hits.
The "Google it" approach would probably have yielded results as good or better as most of the Q&A sites if the search terms had been entered correctly.
1. If I purchase a CD and it is subsequently stolen (along with my 5 disc changer *@$#!!) do I retain any rights to listen to that music?
. a. Are the .mp3 files of that CD on my computer legal or do they now belong to the thief too?
. b. Can I re-burn a CD from the .mp3s and is that legal?
. c. Does me having a backup copy of the files on my computer mean I can't make an insurance claim?
. d. What if it is destroyed (for example by a fire) rather than stolen?
2. If I purchase a CD and it is subsequently scratched or broken to the point where it is not playable, can I legally download the songs from that CD from a file-sharing network?
3. If I purchase the DVD for a movie, could I legally download songs from the soundtrack for that movie from a file-sharing network?
4. If I purchase a CD that our entire family listens to, and then my daughter leaves for College, can she legally take a copy of an .mp3 ripped from that CD with her on her computer? or - similarly - could she take the disc and could I keep the .mp3 on my computer?