From a legal standpoint, suicide is a crime in most jurisdictions
(the purpose is really to give the police the power to detain someone
who attempts it). So assisting/abetting in a suicide is also considered
a crime (which is why Kavorkian went to jail). But it is up to the
prosecutor to
Recent GGUYS example: While it may seem that peer to peer sharing of
pirated movies is a victim-less win-win free Xmas gift type of thing, it
isn't if you look more deeply at the situation. Not only are the
artists defrauded of their means of income but fellow users of
broadband often can't
You have some good points there Tom, but the behavior the woman
showed was predatory behavior. (We are talking adult versus child
here, not adult versus adult)
How about such transactions between greedy corporations (some who are
acknowledged predatory monopolists) and individuals and small
Yes, and a good thing too that it was determined to be a crime.
Just because the internet is a new frontier does not mean crime and
injustice isn't perpetrated by its use.
To the contrary. The internet is just a new medium for human beings to
use for age old purposes (information,
No idea why you are painting cable companies as if they are alone in this.
DSL shouldn't even be sold anymore, the tech is too old. People might bring
up FIOS but then this tech is barely visible considering how many users have
access to it. And every major ISP is censoring in one way or
You did not hear me saying that they are innocent did you?
Our legal system is mainly set up for individual crime against
individual or state. When it comes down to corporations it tends to
get a lot muddier and the legal system does not seem to know how to
deal with it.
Now if I were
To rephrase what Martin Gecko said many years ago. Greed is not good!!!
Stewart
At 09:25 AM 12/2/2008, you wrote:
Cable isn't the culprit here, it's every ISP out there that's been lying to
their customers for years.
Mike
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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Prince of Peace
This is both a topic suggestion and a plea for help. I am looking into
media streamers. Before you jump up and say, a product, listen to the use.
I have tons of digital music that I want to have access to without the use
of my desktop computer. I am currently cataloging and storing it on a LAN
My TiVo does this, but it does not have a robust/rich interface... I don't
recommend it. It also requires TiVo Server software on a network computer
to access the music stored on a network drive.
I know there are machines out there that can do this...
- Brian
- Original Message -
Full Disclosure:
1) My photograph listed in the CGuys.com location map was captured on
another day. I have changed slightly every day since.
2) My spelling and grammer are not great. My spelling and grammer checker
should be creditied for what you read.
3) WalMart is evil. (Hmmm..
I hope this doesn't start a trend here. I really would hate to find
out after all this time that Tom has a secret shrine of Bill Gates at
home :)
Richard P.
Full Disclosure:
1) My photograph listed in the CGuys.com location map was captured on
another day. I have changed slightly every
This from BBC headlines:
BBC NEWS
Apple pushes anti-virus for Macs
Apple has urged Mac owners to use anti-virus software.
In a note posted on its support site in late November, Apple said it
wanted to encourage people to use anti-virus to stay safe online.
The move is widely seen as a
Like any other complicated question, the answer is going to be it
depends. Good information from Stewart.
Here is my summary:
1. Security protection mechanisms need to be weighed against risk.
1.a. If there are sophisticated people nearby who might want to use your
wireless network (maybe
You have been sent an online news article from Stewart Marshall as a courtesy
of montgomeryadvertiser.com.
Article Title:
Broadband initiative decision on hold as search narrows
To view the contents on www.montgomeryadvertiser.com, go to:
I have several usb flash drives up to 2gb formatted ntfs no problem ...I
just received a 16gb usb2 flash drive and I cannot format it ntfs ...I went
into properties and changed it to optimize for speed and the ntfs choice
appeared in the format dialog but it fails ...I tried doing it from the cmd
db
Yes, and a good thing too that it was determined to
be a crime.
Just because the internet is a new frontier does not
mean crime and injustice isn't perpetrated by its use.
To the contrary. The internet is just a new medium
for human beings to use for age old purposes
(information,
Or maybe he really uses a PC when no one is looking; one with a Bill Gates
screensaver.
Randall
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I hope this doesn't start a trend here. I really would hate to find
out after all this time that Tom has a secret shrine of Bill
A friend of mine wants to know if the USB ports on his computer are USB
2 or USB1. Is there any easy way for him to check this out? His PC is
around 4 years old and runs XP.
Thanks
Steve
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Look for Enhanced as part of the Host Controller ID in device
manager. Also, according to Wiki, USB 2 has been around since 2001, so
chances are the computer might be USB 2.
http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_tell_if_i_have_usb_20.html
While I can't vouch for this info, this is what I was able to find
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