It seems clear to me that the polite request would have a lawsuit if he had not. So the difference is not important. But if someone would have shared files illegally, but they didn't, it is the same as if they did? That doesn't sound anything like what/.'s say for file sharing lawsuits.
The scientists agree; papyrus is still the most reliable form of data storage known to man. It is good for a couple thousand years at least, so don't despair yet.
Actually, Edgar Rice Burroughs said in Tarzan that the human sense of smell is just as good as animals, but is usually undeveloped because it isn't used much.
Google prohibits content from mimicking the ad too closely. Google does not prohibit content from mimicking ads, they prohibit ads from mimicking content.
The article doesn't make it clear, but from the description, it sounds like he posted the.torrent files somewhere and either ran the tracker or put the whole mess on a site that would run it.
If this actually applied to simply seeding the file as a peer (i.e. downloading via BitTorrent and leave the client running), then there's more of a potential chilling effect, as it sets a precedent for downloading-via-BT being the equivalent of distribution. If you are giving someone the 0s and 1s of the movie, you are distributing it. That is why people should be chilled about torrents. They seem to me like the perfect "pin-a-crime" vehicle.
I think it is a good thing he got 3 months. It is a reasonable sentance, and it got good media coverage. Hopefully it will teach other people a thing or 2.
Who will maintain 3500 solar cells? I bet you've never been outside your car in Nevada. The wind is often quite gusty, and I suspect you would find quite a few flying solar panels every big windstorm. Also, blowing sand is incredibly erosive.
But every poor guy called Mohammed is put through the wringer. Not really. I have a tall and dark friend who immigrated from Pakistan as a child, and he never gets stopped by airport security, while my 75 year old grandmother always has to take her shoes off.
How could this be? Imagine the media uproar if an Arab was delayed because he looked like a terrorist and he wasn't. The airport would be sued, the government embarrassed and a general mess made. But grandma won't put up a fuss, so we stop her. It's all about making you feel secure.
But that shooting wasn't possible. After all, they have all that great gun control that makes getting a gun impossible.
The best defense against and armed attacker is somebody or several somebodies with other guns. The attacker will get armed, no matter what. You can make your own gun, buy it on the black market, whatever. Guns will be available.
It's awfully hard to shoot at students when you are being shot at yourself. They are fixing the wrong problem here.
The United States of America was founded by people who wanted a Godly nation, and there are still plenty of them around who want to keep it that way. If you don't like it: move.
All societies in history have fallen after going totally secular, and especially after embracing homosexuality.
I do agree that it is not the government's place to try and regulate the internet. It is the responsibility of parents to parent their kids. But America is supposed to be a moral nation.
If the market was truly competitive then all computers would be sold without a pre-installed Operating System or at the very least available without one installed.
They earned that position through plain hard work, and the government shouldn't take it away from them just because. If someone makes a better product, they won't be a monopoly anymore, but no one has.
If you choose to use other tools that do the same job you still need to keep IE installed on the system because Microsoft refuses to allow their competitors browsers to download Windows Updates.
What's wrong with that? They can update their own product however they choose. IE has the updater built-in, and other browsers don't, but I think MS is talking about opening it up, so just sit tight on that one.
If you are in a corporate environment and are using Active Directory you cannot remove Outlook Express from your domain controllers as doing so will break AD. That is Microsoft using their operating system to force people to use their software, either through incompetence or malfeasance they are still forcing people to at the very least keep their bundled software installed. They have integrated these tools into their operating system in such a manner that you cannot remove them in many cases.
Let me repeat: they can make their product however they want! The maker gets to decide how it is done, not the government! If you don't like it, make a better OS.
They made a really good OS, and people like it. There is nothing wrong with an earned monopoly, as long as it wasn't achieved through dishonest tactics. MS has done some wrong things, but over all they have been a decent company. You can't sue them for that. Allowing these kinds of lawsuits is an invitation to socialism, as promotes heavy government involvement in economics. The lawsuits are just plain greed.
Why is everyone so hyped up about faster wireless? Next to nobody is using it to move anything more than broadband, and that about 3 Mbs at most.
Why not spend your money on better antennae? I think most people who complain about speed will continue to be disappointed until they get a high-gain antenna, which is what really matters in wireless.
(Meantime, I'll enjoy my flawless 100 Mbs Ethernet I buried after dumping wireless.)
They got a court order to do it, so I don't really care what they did.
A cell phone is a black box, and I bet the provider can do just about anything to it. I can call and have the software upgraded over the phone, and it makes a small changing icon when powered OFF if I plug it in, so it must still be functioning. Why could the phone be modified even when it is off?
They did it legal and straight, so why all the balking?
Microsoft can do whatever it wants with it's product, and as long as it isn't causing intentional damages or physically harming people. They are not a paid for by the government, so aren't required to make good products.
I can make bubbling green scum drink and sell it on the streets, but nobody has to buy it, and if it isn't poisonous, they can't sue me for making it. I can make a really good drink with a few problems and they still can't sue me.
There are Microsoft alternatives. The difference: Microsoft has money. That is the only reason to sure them. People are just greedy and jealous because Gates made a really good product and got rich through hard work.
Perot got more votes then any other 3rd part canidate has since Teddy. I would probably vote for Gates, as I think he could and would clean up the finance mess.
Flash drives are a case in point: my flash is several years old, but it is build far, far batter than the ones they sell today. It appears to be steel, and has a 1/4" coat of rubber that is stiff enougt to retain a fingernail impression for half and hour, but doesn't scratch at all. The keyring part is a rounded rectangle on the back, built the same as the rest of the body (instead of the delicate metal or plastic loop). The light is brighter than some flashlights. The only problems: the cap is a separate piece, only 256MB, and transfer speed is pretty lame. But it's tiny size makes up for the speed, at least for me.
It so...flimsy. You can hold it in your hand an feel the cheap, plastic feel. Now, I admit that the Titanium series is good, but still not as good as the good ol' days.
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I like to do that as well, but I found that the restore disk/partition often wipes to a blank copy. I was rather surprised when I discovered that.
Considering that they made the OS, yes. I've never had it crash a computer that isn't running all kind of pirate junk.
I really prefer Avast! myself. More user-friendly than avg imho.
That depends on what type of user. I like AVG because you can set-and-forget. I would also be more confident with definitions from a for-profit company, and AVG is way slimmer on the resources.
You forgot Spywareblaster. It's passive protection.
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Most cheaper productions won't, because Sony will charge a fortune to get a DMR license. (You see, the DRM-provider gets $$ from everybody.)
The scientists agree; papyrus is still the most reliable form of data storage known to man. It is good for a couple thousand years at least, so don't despair yet.
Actually, Edgar Rice Burroughs said in Tarzan that the human sense of smell is just as good as animals, but is usually undeveloped because it isn't used much.
If this actually applied to simply seeding the file as a peer (i.e. downloading via BitTorrent and leave the client running), then there's more of a potential chilling effect, as it sets a precedent for downloading-via-BT being the equivalent of distribution. If you are giving someone the 0s and 1s of the movie, you are distributing it. That is why people should be chilled about torrents. They seem to me like the perfect "pin-a-crime" vehicle.
I think it is a good thing he got 3 months. It is a reasonable sentance, and it got good media coverage. Hopefully it will teach other people a thing or 2.
Well, good for the UK. Pornography wastes huge globs of time and ruins many marriages. It has no advantages to society whatsoever.
As a side note, I didn't know computers generated any kind of pornography! I thought humans did that.
Who will maintain 3500 solar cells? I bet you've never been outside your car in Nevada. The wind is often quite gusty, and I suspect you would find quite a few flying solar panels every big windstorm. Also, blowing sand is incredibly erosive.
How could this be? Imagine the media uproar if an Arab was delayed because he looked like a terrorist and he wasn't. The airport would be sued, the government embarrassed and a general mess made. But grandma won't put up a fuss, so we stop her. It's all about making you feel secure.
But that shooting wasn't possible. After all, they have all that great gun control that makes getting a gun impossible.
The best defense against and armed attacker is somebody or several somebodies with other guns. The attacker will get armed, no matter what. You can make your own gun, buy it on the black market, whatever. Guns will be available.
It's awfully hard to shoot at students when you are being shot at yourself. They are fixing the wrong problem here.
Several school districts America banned tag as a "contact-sport" after parents complained about their kid getting pushed and falling.
Your worries are already reality.
The United States of America was founded by people who wanted a Godly nation, and there are still plenty of them around who want to keep it that way. If you don't like it: move.
All societies in history have fallen after going totally secular, and especially after embracing homosexuality.
I do agree that it is not the government's place to try and regulate the internet. It is the responsibility of parents to parent their kids. But America is supposed to be a moral nation.
If the law is wrong, change it. If you don't like our government system, change it or move out of the country.
For some reason, our country is currently under marshal law. It shouldn't be, but it is. That is why Bush thought he could spy warrantlessly.
What's wrong with that? They can update their own product however they choose. IE has the updater built-in, and other browsers don't, but I think MS is talking about opening it up, so just sit tight on that one.
Let me repeat: they can make their product however they want! The maker gets to decide how it is done, not the government! If you don't like it, make a better OS.
They made a really good OS, and people like it. There is nothing wrong with an earned monopoly, as long as it wasn't achieved through dishonest tactics. MS has done some wrong things, but over all they have been a decent company. You can't sue them for that. Allowing these kinds of lawsuits is an invitation to socialism, as promotes heavy government involvement in economics. The lawsuits are just plain greed.
Why is everyone so hyped up about faster wireless? Next to nobody is using it to move anything more than broadband, and that about 3 Mbs at most.
Why not spend your money on better antennae? I think most people who complain about speed will continue to be disappointed until they get a high-gain antenna, which is what really matters in wireless.
(Meantime, I'll enjoy my flawless 100 Mbs Ethernet I buried after dumping wireless.)
They got a court order to do it, so I don't really care what they did.
A cell phone is a black box, and I bet the provider can do just about anything to it. I can call and have the software upgraded over the phone, and it makes a small changing icon when powered OFF if I plug it in, so it must still be functioning. Why could the phone be modified even when it is off?
They did it legal and straight, so why all the balking?
The only difference it the length of the stick.
Microsoft can do whatever it wants with it's product, and as long as it isn't causing intentional damages or physically harming people. They are not a paid for by the government, so aren't required to make good products.
I can make bubbling green scum drink and sell it on the streets, but nobody has to buy it, and if it isn't poisonous, they can't sue me for making it. I can make a really good drink with a few problems and they still can't sue me.
There are Microsoft alternatives. The difference: Microsoft has money. That is the only reason to sure them. People are just greedy and jealous because Gates made a really good product and got rich through hard work.
Why is this a big surprise? Anything powerful, complicated, connected and popular is full of holes. I though vulnerabilities were found long ago.
Moving around in Windows isn't actually that slow if you turn off the Fisher-Price interface. It becomes positively snappy with the 95-98 look.
Perot got more votes then any other 3rd part canidate has since Teddy.
I would probably vote for Gates, as I think he could and would clean up the finance mess.
Flash drives are a case in point: my flash is several years old, but it is build far, far batter than the ones they sell today. It appears to be steel, and has a 1/4" coat of rubber that is stiff enougt to retain a fingernail impression for half and hour, but doesn't scratch at all. The keyring part is a rounded rectangle on the back, built the same as the rest of the body (instead of the delicate metal or plastic loop). The light is brighter than some flashlights.
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The only problems: the cap is a separate piece, only 256MB, and transfer speed is pretty lame. But it's tiny size makes up for the speed, at least for me.
Mine:
http://www.everythingusb.com/images/list/sandiskc
Compare that to a new one:
http://www.easylaptopshop.co.uk/shopimages/produc
It so...flimsy. You can hold it in your hand an feel the cheap, plastic feel. Now, I admit that the Titanium series is good, but still not as good as the good ol' days.
I like to do that as well, but I found that the restore disk/partition often wipes to a blank copy. I was rather surprised when I discovered that.
That depends on what type of user. I like AVG because you can set-and-forget. I would also be more confident with definitions from a for-profit company, and AVG is way slimmer on the resources.
Thanks for the tip.