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by chris11 18y ago
I don't really see DRM as a good answer. It is usually pretty ineffective, and it can cause problems for your customers. I'm not really aware of truly effective DRM. DRM just needs to be cracked once for it to be pirated. And there are peop
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by chris11 18y ago
Yeah, I'm not at all convinced that it is infringing. 1. It can definitely be argued that it is for an educational use, and I can't think of any valid argument that it is for a commercial purpose. 2. It's a user created music video, so he h
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by chris11 18y ago
It's a little harder to get rid of your tv when it has basically been completely replaced by a laptop. I do use my laptop for productive, and so I don't think I would really want to get rid of it. Otherwise, it sounds like great advice. I'
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by chris11 18y ago
Great question. I'm sure you will get some good answers. There will also be a lot of good stuff that is not on the front page. Searchyc: http://searchyc.com/find+hackers
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by chris11 18y ago
I did a little reading and I think I understand it. 1.So basically it seems like board directors are voted in one of two ways, through an election that includes all of the company's stockholders, and through an election that only includes m
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by chris11 18y ago
Cognitive fun is good for neuroscience. It's small, but extremely focused. http://cognitivefun.net/talk
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by chris11 18y ago
"Their jobs are hell at times" Their jobs can be hell. The last time I flew, I got stuck in a airport both ways because of weather trouble. Unfortunately thousands of other people were stuck with me. The line to just talk to a flight attend
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by chris11 18y ago
And I think that investment bankers had more of an idea of what they were getting into when they started their career.
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by chris11 18y ago
The idea that cursing customer service representives is helpful is really wrong. In most cases they have done nothing to cause your problem. Sure, they might not be able to help. But if that is the case, just move on and try contacting some
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by chris11 18y ago
Short press release from the Pirate Party (English): http://www.piratpartiet.se/nyheter/pirate_party_corruption_a...
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by chris11 18y ago
And there goes any credibility IFPI had... I understand that the IFPI has no obligation to question the judges bias, but seriously, how could they think that this would not come out? Public opinion in this case is just as important for the
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by chris11 18y ago
Eff wrote a couple good articles on taxing music. Collective Licensing Good, ISP tax bad: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/monetizing-file-sharin... A Better Way: http://www.eff.org/wp/better-way-forward-voluntary-collectiv... Their
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by chris11 18y ago
For buying food check out local salvage food stores. I've worked a tiny bit at one, and my mom uses them a lot. You can save a lot on high quality food. Don't let the name scare you off, salvage just means that other shipments are better su
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by chris11 18y ago
I have wanted to make granola. So easy, yet so incredibly tasty. Too bad I'm stuck with a dorm kitchen.
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by chris11 18y ago
Yeah one hand I'd doubt anyone would really care if Tom wasn't on their friends list. But News Corp could definitely use it. Tom is the public face of Myspace,and Myspace news ends up on Tom's account. It would be a very easy way for the ne
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by chris11 18y ago
The only place I hear private sites mentioned are on the internet. I don't hear a lot of people talking about them in real life. But I see what you are saying. Private sites just let the admins control the quality of the torrents and site,
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by chris11 18y ago
Erdos is a good example of stupidity working. Being unwilling to even show that he could cut a grapefruit or wash his clothes meant he could focus solely on his obsession, math. I am sure his hosts were extremely appreciated of having him a
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by chris11 18y ago
Yeah I agree with you about the nature of the discipline. I have no idea about its practitioners, but the craft can be very technichal. Metamagical Themas (by Douglas Hofstadter) has several interesting problems concerning font and typograp
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by chris11 18y ago
"You feel like you're actually learning something, but in reality the info you're learning is "junk" knowledge" That is a great descriptor. You can read interesting stories and expert advice in no time at all. But that doesn't mean you know
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There are always private sites, eg: waffles and what. Quality is good, and it is easy to find new independent artists.
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by chris11 18y ago
I imagine that some jobs could be tedious there, for example working at their call center. And I am sure a lot of other people would find that job tedious. But Zappos pays new employees $1000 to quit. That has to be at least 50x to 100x the
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by chris11 18y ago
I just reread my post. I was referring to the startup not paying, not anyone else. I agree with you. Royalty is a very surprising offer. But their most competitive applicants will probably be local. I don't really know how to judge the expe
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by chris11 18y ago
You seem to have gotten a lot of good suggestions. It sounds like the easiest is to get the police to subpoena the phone company or the email provider. It seems like the police are working on that. If they won't do that, do it yourself. The
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by chris11 18y ago
I'd agree with you. I don't know much about cs students, but engineering internships usually always pay. While looking for engineering internships the range seemed to be between 12 and 20 an hour. I have offered to work for free, but whenev
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While I wouldn't say that drug makers are marketing stimulants to the healthy, I would say that they are not differentiating enough between medical use and use for cognitive enhancement. It seems like the drugs are being marketed as a way t
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I was under the impression that Israel had really weak copyright protection. I thought that basically file sharing was allowed, or at least not prosecuted, unless it was commercial.
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I have to give to him, he's really creative to figure a way to send 200k+ emails a day and actually have people appreciate his services.
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Swing dancing is a lot of fun. It seems to be somewhat popular around the few colleges in the area. Swing is somewhat simple, and like you said, it can be really high energy.
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by chris11 18y ago
There are already service that somewhat meet those needs. Eg: http://www.rightstuffdating.com/ . This site limits members to specific schools. Not all of the accepted schools are ivy league quality, and you could probably get in from a sch
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by chris11 18y ago
The legal hassles with running a legal tracker would be horrendous. I think every major contract would have to be renegotiated. How would you divide up royalties for song downloads? And would torrent distribution even be covered in current

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