Sunday, July 27, 2008

News Stat: Top Canadian Artists Oppose DRM, Suing Fans.

wrote: > > > > > Arnold to Kirk: Captain the ship can't take much more of it she's > > > He might have made a good species > > > :-D Beth > > > wrote: > > > > You guys are going to give me Stallone/ST nightmares.:)LOL How > You might as well have Arnold with "Get to the > transporter!!!".:) > > > > > > > > Hannibal Barca > > > > Orson > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > > To: star-trek-one@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:14:42 PM > > Subject: [ST1-LCN] Re: Favorite Star Trek Villains > > > > > > Then hear > him > > > > > > :)Beth > > > > com, n1684t@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > Couldn't you just see a Klingon captain threatening Stallone's > > ship, and Stallone getting up, walking towards the screen, and > > > > > > > > Or better yet, put him in Kirk's place in Trek 3 after the > > The Klingon gives his > > and Stallone says, "Aint nothin over > > > > > > > > Best yet, when Spock gets his Katra back in Trek 3, and walks out > > to his shipmates, > > > > > > > > > > > > Seriously, we need a video guy (or girl) to do some scenes like > > > > > > > > KAJ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > com > > > Sent: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:18 am > > > Subject: [ST1-LCN] Re: Favorite Star Trek Villains > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > He looks > like > > a > :-D > Beth > com, n1684t@ wrote: > I still would love to see Stallone as a Star Fleet captain;) > KAJ > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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CocoaOriginally uploaded by Jason MeansI wanted to put a few more test miles on the OD Green CJ750 this afternoon, so I decided to take a spin up to Kanawha State Forest.
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In privacy circles, a mostly forgotten incident from the end of the dot-com euphoria aptly illustrates the lack of regard most companies have toward protecting personal data, even if they make a point of promising to do so. The episode occurred in mid-2000, when Toysmart.com Inc., a Web-based retailer, went out of business. Among the assets the company put on the block during bankruptcy proceedings was one that caught the eye of regulators at the Federal Trade Commission: the names, e-mail and mailing addresses, and shopping histories of 250,000 Toysmart customers. Toysmart was offering these records to the highest bidder, despite an online privacy policy that explicitly stated the company would never share customer data with any third party. With the Web surging with an enormous amount of commercial activity and sensitive information, the FTC had recently beefed up its Internet consumer-protection efforts. Commission regulators decided that Toysmart's blatant disdain for its own privacy oath was just too contemptuous to be ignored. Backed by 44 state attorneys general, the FTC sued to block the Toysmart data auction, arguing that it constituted a deceptive practice. In early 2001, an agreement was forged under which Toysmart investor, the Walt Disney Co., would buy the company's customer data for 0,000 and then promptly destroy it. The Toysmart case and others like it--among them Living.com and CraftShop .com--proves what some of us have suspected all along: Many companies don
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Remember when all of those Canadian record labels recently walked out on CRIA, the Canadian equivalent of the RIAA? Well, a bunch of them just launched a new coalition for Canadian musicians called the Canadian Music Creators Coaltion, and their founding principles are pretty rad: 1.
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