Comment Re:So it was illegal (Score 1) 30
Everyone is a centrist on the internet.
Comment People are leaving this state (Score 1) 11
and moving to Texas and Florida, and the politburo doesn't understand why. They just can't understand.
Comment Re:Nobody (Score 1) 67
You could just option the memory now and exceed that.
Comment Nobody (Score 1) 67
Is buying a $16,000 desktop computer. SGI, Sun and oh, NeXT discovered this 20 years ago.
Comment Manus (Score 2) 23
I had to look this up:
Manus is the action engine that goes beyond answers to execute tasks, automate workflows, and extend your human reach.
Once I read this corporate drivel I decided I don't care. When all these C-types are in the board room sitting around that mahogany table, do they actually speak this way between themselves or is this style of speech strictly for gullible investors and an intellectually lazy public?
Manus is the action engine that goes beyond answers to execute tasks, automate workflows, and extend your human reach.
Once I read this corporate drivel I decided I don't care. When all these C-types are in the board room sitting around that mahogany table, do they actually speak this way between themselves or is this style of speech strictly for gullible investors and an intellectually lazy public?
Comment Re:because (Score 1) 135
Even Tolkien said he regretted Tom Bombadil. It wouldn't have added anything to the movie.
Comment Re:I think SCOTUS were concerned about a trap (Score 3, Informative) 90
Killing people is not only legal, but very much ethical in cases such as self-defense.
Comment Re:I think SCOTUS were concerned about a trap (Score 2) 90
So ISPs should be responsible for what their users do?
Comment This is the right decision (Score 5, Insightful) 90
If I used my city's water or sewer to operate a meth lab, are they responsible for my actions?
Comment Re:So.... (Score 1) 135
I hear Tom Selleck is being cast for Galadriel.
Comment Re:because (Score 1) 135
They want to turn it into Star Wars. Ugh...
Submission + - Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider in Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music (nytimes.com) 1
JackSpratts writes: The Supreme Court unanimously said on Wednesday that a major internet provider could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online in a closely watched copyright clash.
In its opinion released on Wednesday, the court said a company was not liable for “merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights.”
Writing for the court, Justice Clarence Thomas said a provider like Cox was liable “only if it intended that the provided service be used for infringement” and if it, for instance, “actively encourages infringement.”
In a statement on Wednesday, Cox called the court’s unanimous decision a “decisive victory” for the industry and for Americans who “depend on reliable internet service.”
— js.
In its opinion released on Wednesday, the court said a company was not liable for “merely providing a service to the general public with knowledge that it will be used by some to infringe copyrights.”
Writing for the court, Justice Clarence Thomas said a provider like Cox was liable “only if it intended that the provided service be used for infringement” and if it, for instance, “actively encourages infringement.”
In a statement on Wednesday, Cox called the court’s unanimous decision a “decisive victory” for the industry and for Americans who “depend on reliable internet service.”
— js.
Submission + - SCOTUS: ISPs not liable for user copyright infringement (supremecourt.gov)
An anonymous reader writes: What the case was about:
Sony and other record labels sued Cox (an ISP) for contributory copyright infringement. They claimed Cox was liable because it kept providing internet service to customers it knew were illegally downloading music (after receiving 163,000+ notices).
The ruling (8-1):
Cox wins. The Supreme Court reversed the $1 billion verdict against Cox.
Key holding in plain English:
An internet provider is not automatically liable just because it knows some customers are pirating and doesn’t cut them off.
Contributory liability requires intent — either actively encouraging piracy or offering a service specifically designed for it.
Cox only sold ordinary high-speed internet (which has tons of legal uses), so it is not liable.
Mere knowledge of infringement by users is not enough.
The ruling (8-1):
Cox wins. The Supreme Court reversed the $1 billion verdict against Cox.
Key holding in plain English:
An internet provider is not automatically liable just because it knows some customers are pirating and doesn’t cut them off.
Contributory liability requires intent — either actively encouraging piracy or offering a service specifically designed for it.
Cox only sold ordinary high-speed internet (which has tons of legal uses), so it is not liable.
Mere knowledge of infringement by users is not enough.
Submission + - Stephen Colbert to Write Next Lord of the Rings Movie (cnn.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Stephen Colbert already has a new job lined up for when he ends his 11-year run as host of “The Late Show” in May – the comedian and well-known J.R.R. Tolkien superfan announced he will co-write and develop a new film in the blockbuster “Lord of the Rings” franchise.
Colbert joined “LOTR” director Peter Jackson to reveal the news in a video announcement.
“I’m pretty happy about it. You know what the books mean to me and what your films mean to me,” the late-night host told Jackson, who led the Oscar-winning team behind the nearly $6 billion original “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” trilogies.
Colbert joined “LOTR” director Peter Jackson to reveal the news in a video announcement.
“I’m pretty happy about it. You know what the books mean to me and what your films mean to me,” the late-night host told Jackson, who led the Oscar-winning team behind the nearly $6 billion original “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” trilogies.
Submission + - Transporting antimatter on a truck is tricky ...
Qbertino writes: ... but the CERN Project "Antimatter in motion" just did it. For the first time in history researchers at CERN have transported 92 antiprotons on a truck in a specially designed magnetic enclosure. The test-drive went so well that the researchers spontaneously decided to go another round. One hard pothole could cause the antiprotons to exit their magnetic enclosure and be destroyed. The purpose of the experiment was to test the feasibility of transporting antimatter to other facilities in Europe to conduct further antimatter research. German news Tagesschau has a nice report.
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