Fezmid

Very cool. http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/07/27/anse...dex.html?hpt=C1

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. It's not theft, it's copyright infringement. Why do people have such a hard time understanding that...? And in fact, copyright infringement has (I believe) a penalty of up to $150,000/instance, whereas theft is MUCH lower. You'd be better off breaking into Best Buy and stealing the CD than you would be following the link to the copyable CD in your example. In no way am I condoning copyright infringement -- but it's NOT the same as theft/stealing. They're different. One is tangible, one is not. I'm done arguing it - if people want to believe it's theft and don't care about the proper definitions (despite the court case and other documentation to the contrary), that's fine with me. I must not be explaining myself very well if nobody sees the differences I'm pointing out.

I like how you don't care about legal definitions and just use whatever word makes you feel better to use.

I've never said that either. Here, I'll make it easier for you. Pasting an entire article onto a forum like this one is not stealing. It's copyright infringement. Stealing has a requirement of depriving the original owner of the original work. Making a copy of an article does not deprive the original author of the words they wrote. Both are illegal. And here's the legal basis proving my point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_inf...arison_to_theft "Courts have distinguished between copyright infringement and theft, holding, for instance, in the United States Supreme Court case Dowling v. United States (1985) that bootleg phonorecords did not (for the purpose of the case) constitute stolen property, and writing:"

Other people who willingly posted them for everyone to see. That was a weak response. I expected something better from you. Try again.

Welcome to the good ol' USA, where people who can't contribute to society make money by suing. (which I guess is better than taking handouts....? )

But just about right at #3...

Except that the writer didn't aim it at teenage girls... And she's a vampire SLAYING chick!

You're missing the point of the title though -- the irony of a valley girl named Buffy who is chosen to save the world. It's all about shedding society labels. I looked for the interview with Whedon in which he discussed it much more eloquently than I just have, but I can't find it offhand. Basically the title was chosen to emphasize the phrase, "Don't judge a book by its title."

No, was agreeing with the story arc part and you know it! I was actually never a big Xander fan. Spike was cool though. The reason Buffy was standalone episodes during the first season was because it was a mid-season replacement. There was an overall arc -- the Master -- but they stood alone better than the rest of the seasons. That's why I don't like it as much - serialized stories are much more interesting IMHO, unlike shows like CSI where the characters are static - they never learn and grow.

Agree 100%. The other big difference (advantage) to the show is that nobody is safe - you never know when or if a character will die ("I died twice." ). Some main characters died in ways you wouldn't expect and they were very poignant moments. I don't want to spoil anything, so I won't talk about it in much depth.

Happy birthday!!!!

Can't see why they'd be warning about it - it's just a gadget blog site...

If so, this device is for you! http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/07/19/porta...ermelon-cooler/

D'oh, I skipped the word "coaches" from the title, and it wasn't mentioned in the body of the post anywhere. It's still funny and deserves a mention tho.

"I didn't study my playbook."

I can relate. Congrats on finishing!

Working on my Masters degree (Computer Information Systems with a focus on security) from Boston University (online, obviously). They take 14 week semesters and cram them down to 7 weeks. Pretty intense. The class I'm taking now (systems design) has insane homework - I've been writing 12 page papers the first two weeks, along with reading 150 pages a week... And this week's assignment is going to be closer to 20-30 pages I think. Good material, just too much of it.

You hit the nail on the head -- you won't be able to do it since they use spot beams nowadays (and have for years). This lets them take a single sat and put lots of different locals on it, giving them more bandwidth to cover more cities. Keep in mind that you'll probably never be able to get any locals that you want, and it has nothing to do with DirecTV/Dish -- it's all the local networks wanting to force you to watch their stations to increase their revenue. It's the reason that DirecTV now has to blackout NFL games on Sunday Ticket if the game is being broadcast locally -- the local broadcasters want you watching THEIR channel, and not the national feed. Follow the money. Sorry, between work and school I don't have as much free time as I used to

You liked the movie? I thought it was terrible... Maybe it was because Luke Perry was in it. Not sure I agree with the "pussification of the vampire genre" either. The character development from season to season was great. Season 2, one of Spike's best lines was: Spike: "We like to talk big, vampires do. 'I'm going to destroy the world.' It's just tough guy talk. Strut round with your friends over a pint of blood... the truth is I like this world. You've got dog racing. Manchester United. And you've got people. Billions of people walking around like Happy Meals with legs. It's all right here." But years later, his character slowly starts to change and he's not looking to eat everyone who moves. Sorta... And come on, how can you not like writing like that?

We use BES for Blackberry. We use GOOD for iPhone. BES works. GOOD crashes the phone. That's what my post said in a nutshell.

I know that was a rhetorical question because if he had seen any episodes (well, maybe not season 1...), then he would know that the writing was amazing and that it was more than just a girl killing vampires. It's funny how some people will judge a book by its cover. There's a reason why when actors are approached by Whedon, they drop everything to work for him. Neal Patrick Harris agreed to work on Dr. Horrible for free, simply because it was a Whedon product. (he later got money from DVD sales I believe).

If by "cute" you mean "the most reliable email machine on the market," then yes, you are correct. Again, it might just be a case of what tool we're using, but my company uses GOOD for their Exchange integration. This past weekend, we ended up getting about 800 alert emails from a downed system (the fact that it spewed that much is another issue...). Everyone who had an iPhone lost all of their previous emails on the phone - the storage space allocated to email was overrun by these alerts. In addition, it crashed the phone frequently trying to download all of those messages. The people that had Blackberries had 800 messages show up that they had to delete. But there were no issues. Again, maybe it's the GOOD application, but it does point out a major deficiency in the device. The BB "just works," which is ironically what everyone says about Apple products.

I don't turn that feature on for my Blackberry because I've read it chews up batteries, especially when you leave your house and it's still searching for the WiFi signal, and I don't want to have to remember to turn it on and off all the time. That, and I have an unlimited data plan through work and it seems fast enough, so I deal with it. Not sure about GG, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's similar.

20 years since the Superbowl run began...