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Jammie Thomas Trial 2.0 Ends with Even Bigger Damages

Posted 06/20/2009 at 12:34:55am

Honestly, I hope the RIAA sues me.  Really, I do.  There are a few ways to win this case.

1.  How do they know the people who downloaded the songs didn't own them?  The judge already asserted that just making the songs available for illegal download wasn't a crime, it was only a punishable offense if someone actually downloaded the songs illegally.  Downloading an mp3 of a song you own is routinely seen as 'fair use' and not illegal.  If the downloads can not be proven to be illegal, Jammie can not be found guilty.

2.  How do they know it was me?  This is a weak defence, but still adds a little layer of doubt.  For all the RIAA knows, the uploadeder was some neighbour who accessed her open wireless network.

3.  The previously mentioned 'the music isn't whole' defense.  The prior comment explains it better than I can.

Featuresthat was just an attempt to on
Build a Kick-Ass $500 Gaming PC, Play Crysis at 40FPS!

Posted 04/26/2009 at 01:41:25pm

that was just an attempt to see how much hardware I could stuff into a sub $500 build.  I still have $34 to play with so if you use the case/PSU mentioned in the article and drop down to an x2 Black or something, you'll still be under $500.

Features$500 Budget with an AMD flavor on
Build a Kick-Ass $500 Gaming PC, Play Crysis at 40FPS!

Posted 04/23/2009 at 09:56:34pm

Here is a $465 build, running a tri-core phenom and 4GB of RAM.  Just a warning though, the power supply is liable to EXPLODE during building.

 

Videocard HIS 4870 512MB $140
Motherboard ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 $79
Memory Crucial 4GB (4 x 1GB) $46
Optical Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVDR $24
Case/PSU Linkworld F3131-C2628-P4 w/ 400w $37
Processor AMD Phenom 8650 (Tri-Core) 2.3GHz $80
Harddrive HITACHI Deskstar P7K500 $59

 

No BS PodcastActually... on
100th No BS Podcast Spectacular: Nathan's New PC (The Apologies in Advance Edition)

Posted 04/11/2009 at 10:35:53pm

After having listened to the podcast a couple more times, I find myself enjoying it!  Well done, very well done indeed.  But please, if you NEED to sing, make sure that Nathan isn't the one doing it.

No BS PodcastAgreed on
100th No BS Podcast Spectacular: Nathan's New PC (The Apologies in Advance Edition)

Posted 04/11/2009 at 03:02:22pm

Although I have only listened to the podcast for the past year or so I have also noticed a steep decline.  After the first podcast I was hooked, I loved the entire thing (read: Gordon's Rant) but now listening to some of the newer releases seems like a chore. 

The one thing I did really like about this podcast was how honest they were about they amount of terrible in their 100th episode 'spectacular'.  And I do still greatly appreciate the (sometimes) weekly podcast.

No BS PodcastI figured it out! on
100th No BS Podcast Spectacular: Nathan's New PC (The Apologies in Advance Edition)

Posted 04/11/2009 at 02:55:07pm

Instead of this being episode 100 of the No-BS podcast, they axed the old model and made episode 1 of the All-BS podcast!

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