But - attempting to control what someone does with an item you 'sell' them is. Of course, I still couldn't say it's 'ethical' to just give out electronic copies either.
Oh, glad I read this. I was going to get my daughter a new guitar - she's been into it a lot, so going from the defacto 'cheapy starter' to a good one.
"Unfortunately, however, it looks like the judge has ruled against the newspapers, saying that their right to free speech does not trump the league's attempt to make money: "
Simple fix - don't report crap on them anymore, refuse to publish the scores even - unless the league pays up.
It's pretty much about 98.9% of what reasons politicians do anything.
CA politicians make laws to keep the US happy, which in turn are being pushed by the US congress to keep politicians happy, in turn those corporations give piles of cash to the politicians.
If Canada just gave up on this whole "independent country" concept and became an assortment of new states.
If some people get their way, that's exactly what will happen.
I really don't think about it, but if a site's non-friendly to use, umm - I don't use it.
I know that's a - very minor - but quick way to get me to hit the 'back' button and proceed on down the search for another hit.
I don't care, it's their site - they can block what they want and it's my choice as to what sites I want to frequent.
But I know if Techdirt blocks copy/paste; then I'll quickly get annoyed and wander off. But I wonder.... how many more people frequent the site here maybe due to my pasting of articles with a link to the site...
There's a few I just know offhand to skip over if I see a link on a search, because they are a pain.
Corporate plans will not change. So the "riff raff" get to get the shaft, while corporations get to keep their data plans in tact, and yes, for new plans, we get to keep our unlimited data usage.
Actually, at my company - we get a choice between a few providers. I, for one, did not choose AT&T. I'll forward this around to let others know - how much AT&T's CEO 'cares about the customers'.
If the CEO is not concerned about customer satisfaction with their product please suggest something he should be concerned about?
Yep, Bingo.
But I guess if AT&T's CEO is 'too good' for customer service issues, I guess we should take that as a hint. Less customers means less customer service issues to bog down his precious time.
Randall Stephenson, AT&T CEO rs2982@att.com (direct) randall.stephenson@att.com
phone: 210-351-5401 (direct to his secretary)
fax 210-351-3553
alternate phone: 210-821-4105 (headquarters, press 3, ask for Mr. Stephenson's office)
175 E. Houston
San Antonio, TX 78205
Perhaps the surprising part - is that he too, uses AT&T.
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Funny - in over 8,500 years man has progressed in many ways, and in almost all cases the progress is still moving forward...
Except for in politics - I guess the 'height' of political progress has been hit around 1776 and now we are on the down-slide back to feudalism.
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Corporate Greed...
Funny how much a 'buck' means to some people. But I hope they get their 'buck' - because it's all the deserve.
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What's the point in trying to keep up all the time? Other than for the sake of 'keeping up'?
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Re: Overstating your argument
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Call phones. E-mail. Voice Mail.
I have enough to keep up with - I am NOT adding anything else :)
Not that twitter sucks, I just have too much that takes up too much time now. Not looking for anything else to 'keep after'.
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But - attempting to control what someone does with an item you 'sell' them is. Of course, I still couldn't say it's 'ethical' to just give out electronic copies either.
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Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE)
http://www.microsoft.com/industry/government/solutions/cofee/default.aspx
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Mark one company off the list...
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Simple fix - don't report crap on them anymore, refuse to publish the scores even - unless the league pays up.
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CA politicians make laws to keep the US happy, which in turn are being pushed by the US congress to keep politicians happy, in turn those corporations give piles of cash to the politicians.
If Canada just gave up on this whole "independent country" concept and became an assortment of new states.
If some people get their way, that's exactly what will happen.
On the post: Messing With Copy/Paste Could Present Security Issues
I know that's a - very minor - but quick way to get me to hit the 'back' button and proceed on down the search for another hit.
I don't care, it's their site - they can block what they want and it's my choice as to what sites I want to frequent.
But I know if Techdirt blocks copy/paste; then I'll quickly get annoyed and wander off. But I wonder.... how many more people frequent the site here maybe due to my pasting of articles with a link to the site...
There's a few I just know offhand to skip over if I see a link on a search, because they are a pain.
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Re: Corporate plans will not change.
Actually, at my company - we get a choice between a few providers. I, for one, did not choose AT&T. I'll forward this around to let others know - how much AT&T's CEO 'cares about the customers'.
On the post: Did AT&T Really Threaten A Customer With Legal Action For Emailing Feedback To CEO? [Updated]
Re: Re:
Yep, Bingo.
But I guess if AT&T's CEO is 'too good' for customer service issues, I guess we should take that as a hint. Less customers means less customer service issues to bog down his precious time.
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Re: Randys Contact Info
rs2982@att.com (direct)
randall.stephenson@att.com
phone: 210-351-5401 (direct to his secretary)
fax 210-351-3553
alternate phone: 210-821-4105 (headquarters, press 3, ask for Mr. Stephenson's office)
175 E. Houston
San Antonio, TX 78205
Perhaps the surprising part - is that he too, uses AT&T.
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