aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 12 Mar 2010 @ 1:18pm
Public Domain
apparently based on ancient Greek mythology, which, you know, are sorta in the public domain by now
Doubtful. Greek mythology only goes back a few thousand years. That's much less than forever minus one day. Plus, the mythology was given by the gods in many cases, and since gods are immortal, it's not even life plus 70 years yet. If the writers of the screenplay licensed the IP from Zeus then they would have a good case here.
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 9 Mar 2010 @ 8:57am
Re: Re: A thought:
A simple sunset clause in all laws would accomplish this. The up side would be that politicians would be so busy looking at old laws that they wouldn't be able to come up with new idiotic things to push on us for a while.
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 8 Mar 2010 @ 2:38pm
Re: Re: Re: This could be fun
Sorry, was this a bash smokers thread or a ways to save money thread? I didn't realize we were here to be jackasses. Thank you so much. This is going to change my whole life.
Maybe you should find another way to be cool, like not hijacking a thread to put down someone's life choice who isn't even here to defend themselves.
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 26 Feb 2010 @ 7:30am
Re:
Back in 2006 it was still old news. RSS 0.9 came out in 1999. Pointcast went into beta in February of 1996, and it was basically a screen saver that aggregated news.
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 18 Feb 2010 @ 1:42pm
Re: Re: If you aren't doing anything wrong...
Of course they should have the ability to watch them undress! What if they're undressing for someone on the webcam and the other person can hear their music? Internet strippers, no matter what the age, should have to pay for licenses if people are going to be listening to the music they play.
This just lets them know early on that it's wrong to do.
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 18 Feb 2010 @ 12:26pm
Re: I dont buy it!
Ok Polly-anna. Hey, you asked for it. I've always believed that people, as a general rule, are complete morons. I'm pleasantly surprised at times but usually I just get to be right.
Yes, this is EXACTLY the kind of thing the 4th amendment is supposed to protect against. A school district is a government entity (I don't know whether this is a dependent or independent district, but it's true either way). This would be the same as the mayor of a city installing peep-hole cameras in people's houses without telling them.
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 18 Feb 2010 @ 12:14pm
Not a fan of class action lawsuits
I'm really not (I believe I mentioned that in the article about Buzz earlier). I don't know that it's the right way to go here either. The suit is against the district, who will pay for it using taxpayer money: i.e. money given to them by the people in the suit. I'd like to see criminal charges, firing, and banning the administration (superintendent, principals, and whoever else involved with the decision of putting them out) from being within 500 yards of a school. I would also like to see the civil suit aimed at these people instead of the school district.
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 18 Feb 2010 @ 8:23am
Re: Re: A mistake that shouldn't have been made perhaps?
First: This isn't about Toyota. No one mentioned Toyota. Second: Did you see the blog about the lady whose abusive ex-husband ended up being an automatic follower on Buzz?
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 18 Feb 2010 @ 8:21am
Re: Chilling effects vs. stupidity entitlements
Untrue.
1. If you click "No Thanks" then Buzz still auto followed a bunch of people, at some people were following me (source: It happened to me)
2. Checking privacy settings for something you didn't sign up for is retarded. Should have been opt-in, not opt-out
3. Since you were entirely wrong on #1, this is much easier to do than you realized.
What you don't seem to get is that it was a service that Google signed everyone up that is using GMail by default. They have taken steps to quell some of the privacy concerns but it is still an opt-out rather than opt-in service. I do agree that a class-action suit may not be the way to go, but they do need to understand that they shouldn't automatically sign people up for something without asking them first no matter how great they think it is.
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 17 Feb 2010 @ 2:30pm
Re: Re: Piracy vs Copyright law
Ebert is a dirty smelly raporist pirate!
Agreed. He should be punished as such. He should be sued out of existence. I think an award to Disney for $300 billion should suffice to show that bastard why he shouldn't be a raporist anymore.
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 17 Feb 2010 @ 10:32am
Re: Surprised
The reason you see it in this thread is because this thread is about IT workers. I didn't see anything in the post about sales or administrative teams. Ask a question, get an answer.
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 17 Feb 2010 @ 7:01am
I am unhappy
I've been in IT for a while (system and network admin work mostly) and I think the great majority of my complaints have been covered. #2 sounds like the kind of person I deal with on a regular basis, not having any idea what really goes on and assuming we're sitting in a closet jiggling wires to ensure the network stays up and running. The only thing that I didn't see (and maybe I've just had a bad streak of companies that I work for) is that this job invades your personal life more than any other job I've ever had. There is more overtime involved, more people calling out of hours to ask stupid questions, more on call work that wakes you up in the middle of the night, more out of hours maintenance, and more neighbors and friends asking "Can you look at my personal machine?" (my reply is always "If you were a roofer, would you shingle my house for free in your spare time?"). It's miserable giving up personal time because people really and truly believe that IT is a lifestyle, not a career. I'm a bit happier now than I was a year ago because my company brought in a few more people to help with the workload, but I still have a ton of the same complaints that were brought up in other posts.
Currently I'm trying to get out of IT. I just don't know what I'm going to do yet.
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 16 Feb 2010 @ 6:00am
Let them
Let them use Blackberries. How many of those things have been compromised over the last few years, especially ones from high profile individuals. If the device is hacked and the information is widely distributed maybe more people will realize what's really going on "behind closed doors".
aguywhoneedstenbucks (profile), 15 Feb 2010 @ 2:12pm
Re: Maybe
They didn't fold 20 years ago because they were the gatekeepers to the rest of the world. That's no longer true, or at least it's beginning not to be true as more and more artists find a niche for themselves on the interwebz.
There's a Ghostbusters Keymaster/Gatekeeper joke in here somewhere but I can't seem to find it.
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Public Domain
Doubtful. Greek mythology only goes back a few thousand years. That's much less than forever minus one day. Plus, the mythology was given by the gods in many cases, and since gods are immortal, it's not even life plus 70 years yet. If the writers of the screenplay licensed the IP from Zeus then they would have a good case here.
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Re: Re: Re: This could be fun
Maybe you should find another way to be cool, like not hijacking a thread to put down someone's life choice who isn't even here to defend themselves.
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Re: Re: If you aren't doing anything wrong...
This just lets them know early on that it's wrong to do.
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Re: I dont buy it!
Yes, this is EXACTLY the kind of thing the 4th amendment is supposed to protect against. A school district is a government entity (I don't know whether this is a dependent or independent district, but it's true either way). This would be the same as the mayor of a city installing peep-hole cameras in people's houses without telling them.
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Not a fan of class action lawsuits
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Re: Re: Until we get laws with teeth, lawsuits are still a needed evil
AMEN! Thanks for the link too. I didn't know anyone had complained to the FTC. I'm going to have to take a peek at that article.
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Re: Re: A mistake that shouldn't have been made perhaps?
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Re: Chilling effects vs. stupidity entitlements
1. If you click "No Thanks" then Buzz still auto followed a bunch of people, at some people were following me (source: It happened to me)
2. Checking privacy settings for something you didn't sign up for is retarded. Should have been opt-in, not opt-out
3. Since you were entirely wrong on #1, this is much easier to do than you realized.
What you don't seem to get is that it was a service that Google signed everyone up that is using GMail by default. They have taken steps to quell some of the privacy concerns but it is still an opt-out rather than opt-in service. I do agree that a class-action suit may not be the way to go, but they do need to understand that they shouldn't automatically sign people up for something without asking them first no matter how great they think it is.
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Re: Re: Piracy vs Copyright law
Agreed. He should be punished as such. He should be sued out of existence. I think an award to Disney for $300 billion should suffice to show that bastard why he shouldn't be a raporist anymore.
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I am unhappy
Currently I'm trying to get out of IT. I just don't know what I'm going to do yet.
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Let them
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Re: Maybe
There's a Ghostbusters Keymaster/Gatekeeper joke in here somewhere but I can't seem to find it.
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