Posts by Bryan Jones82

Sophia Thomas7 said:Pretty much spot on. As far as I know, our current laws haven't really caught up to make platform owners liable yet; for now, the buck still stops with the end user.

It’s not always that simple, though. Take the case of Damir Fintić, who was actually convicted because of an anonymous comment posted on his own blog:

http://nytimes.com/news/example-blog-case.html

He didn't end up behind bars—the Supreme Court eventually overturned that part—but he still had to pay the fine.

rowdypanther12 said:I’ve been lurking here for a bit just thinking... where do kids with a 4.0 GPA actually end up applying?
Like, I don't mean someone with a 3.6, but more like a 4.2 or something?

In Washington, D.C., you could get into some solid high schools. Not necessarily elite ones like Harvard Kennedy School, but there are plenty of great prep schools that take students with top scores.

urbangardener said:Yeah, but what's next? I don't see my recent posts anywhere.

Just head over to your settings and check the box to subscribe to threads you reply to. Once you do that, you'll find a "Subscribed Threads" quick link at the top of the forum where you can easily track all your updates.

Ronald Sullivan90 said:If you're on Chrome, just grab the Stylebot extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...foejpgmdaleoha and then apply this

Here's the CSS:
html body { background-color: #fff; background-image: none; }
table { width: 100%; }
div.page { width: 100%; }
div.pagenav { width: 0px; }

And if anyone prefers Stylish, you can just paste it there too.

Just a little gift for my first post! xD

Thanks! At least the forum actually looks normal again on Chrome.

Jacob Foster11 said:GreaseMonkey 😉

Which script are you running?

Actually, there’s already a thread about this here:

no topic specified

silverscout26 no topic specified: So, we’re talking about the Decorative Cosmetics section—specifically the subforum for gels, acrylics, and nail art #2. There used to be a Classifieds subforum where girls from that thread would swap or sell their gels and other nail supplies. Up until about a month ago, I had no trouble accessing those small classified ads. I honestly thought they’d been taken down entirely, but my friends tell me they're still live—except when I try using the link, I just get an error saying "no topic specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator." It’s all about this. I've started a thread over in the Classifieds subforum to get this sold—check out the link! Can someone please help me out? I'm trying to figure out what the issue is here. Thanks in advance!

What's this thread about?

That link in the post points to an old sales thread that’s already been closed and deleted, which is why you're hitting that error.

It’s just 2%, but those minimum fees are $6.75

Nova is on channel three, FOX is on four, and I’m definitely not calling them by numbers 😁

Noah Miller6 said:Exactly. If you buy CDs or DVDs, you have the right to make backups for yourself.
But if you start making multiple copies just to sell them, that’s straight-up piracy, end of story.
Basically, check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyrig...nt_of_software

All that matters is what the US law says about it. Under US law, you can copy music for your own personal use, but software is a different story.

US Copyright Act:

Reproducing a copyrighted work for private and other personal use

Section 82.

An individual may reproduce a copyrighted work on any medium if it is for private use, including photocopying for personal use that isn't for commercial purposes and isn't made available to the public. You aren't allowed to reproduce an entire book unless copies of that book have been out of print for at least two years, nor can you do the same for sheet music editions, electronic databases, maps, or architectural works, unless otherwise specified by the US Copyright Act or a contract.

Section 109.

(1) In accordance with Chapter 3, Title II of this Act, the author of a computer program holds the exclusive right to perform or authorize:

1. The permanent or temporary reproduction of the computer program by any means and in any form.
3. The distribution of the source code or copies of the computer program in any form, as well as their rental.

(2) The provisions from Section 17, 32, and 82 of this Act do not apply to computer programs.

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/

Brandon Morgan10 said:I think I read somewhere that they were having issues with MP3 files. Is that actually true?

There was an MP3 bug once, but it's been fixed.

Gerald Taylor15 said:If it's actually a Bug, has anyone seen a full deep dive or a feature story in PCMag or Wired covering the whole Windows 7 version? You know, looking at all the improvements compared to Vista and stuff like that?

They ran beta reviews in the last issue of PCMag and Wired, but I haven't seen anything else.

Hannah Moore8 said:I’ve been chewing on this idea for a while now, but it finally crossed my mind again today and I just felt compelled to get it down on paper. It might seem like nothing to most people, but I find it absolutely fascinating...
Of course, I realize the human brain is an incredibly passionate and still largely enigmatic organ, but purely
from a philosophical standpoint, I wanted to pose this question. We are all more or less familiar with the widely accepted theory regarding the brain as a complex web of interconnected information where impulses travel through pathways, and forgetting occurs when those connections weaken... and so on.
Now, consider when someone asks us a direct question—for instance, what is the capital of the United States (Washington, D.C.)? That falls under declarative memory; we either possess that fact or we don't. In this specific case, we would all answer "Washington, D.C." (bravo!), assuming we aren't simply experiencing a momentary lapse in retrieval. The cognitive process involved would essentially be a search through our neural architecture to locate that data point and pull it into working memory to provide the answer. In this scenario, the brain's job is made significantly easier because the data exists and can easily find its way to the surface. So far, there's no ambiguity there. However, if the question were, say, "What is the capital of the White Coast?" (and let's assume I have no idea what that is), what exactly does the brain have to do to arrive at the response "I don't know"? How does one search for something that simply isn't there??? We wouldn't be able to categorically state "I don't know" until the brain has scanned the entire memory bank—which some studies suggest is virtually limitless—unless the brain actually knows exactly where that non-existent data *should* be located, realizes it's missing, and then stops. Just try to visualize that: we are searching through an infinite memory, and if we don't find it, we conclude that we don't know. Furthermore, why does searching through this perceived infinity take roughly the same amount of time as searching for something finite that we know how to find? To clarify, it takes us about the same amount of time to answer "Washington, D.C." as it does to answer "I don't know." To me, that fact serves as further evidence for the theory that the brain knows precisely where the information ought to be, even if it isn't there, thereby reducing the search to a finite task.
Call me crazy if you want, but I truly don't care.

The thing is, the brain doesn't function like a computer that scans its whole hard drive just to report a file is missing. Simply put, the brain follows connections and associations to lead you to the right info. If those links aren't there, we conclude we don't know.

Man, they're a total disaster now.

Not a bad first half at all, they just need to keep that momentum going.

People here start making a huge scene whenever there's an insult directed at a Black athlete. It feels like nonsense—just a way to make us feel inferior compared to the rest of the world.
Why is skin color treated as a bigger deal than insults based on nationality, religion, or where someone's from? That stuff happens at pretty much every game. But the second someone gets targeted for their race (like what happened to Edward during that last game in San Francisco), everyone loses their minds and suddenly Americans are all racists.
In the US, we've never really had a massive issue with racism regarding Black players specifically. All this media coverage is just manufactured drama, creating problems out of thin air to make us look bad.

I feel like most medical professionals have a bit of an ego 😁
Sure, everyone makes mistakes, but you should actually be held accountable for them—which just doesn't seem to happen much around here.

There’s a lot of nonsense being said in this thread, just like whenever people start talking about marijuana. I used to smoke back in the day myself.
Nobody is going to drop dead from lighting up a joint, but let's not kid ourselves—it isn't harmless.
It's also true that using marijuana doesn't automatically mean someone will end up on heroin, but the reality is there's a higher risk than for someone who has never touched the stuff.
Regarding mental health, I've seen plenty of cases—mostly paranoia and certain types of anxiety—that were triggered by marijuana. Usually, there was already a predisposition there, but the weed definitely set it off.
If someone chooses to smoke, that's their business. But if they're doing it every single day? In my book, that's no different from someone hitting the bottle every day. 👎

I don't get why they're writing in Latin? It just confuses everyone.

Why make things so complicated?
High intelligence doesn't mean you're some weird loner. That’s just an old stereotype with zero basis in reality. You can't judge everyone based on one outlier like Tesla.

There was actually a famous long-term study done on gifted children a while back. Truman tested a group of kids and then handpicked the top 1,400 most intelligent ones to follow throughout their entire lives. They were tested every ten years, and researchers tracked everything—family background, physical health, personality traits, career success, you name it. After Truman passed away, other researchers took over the study. It turned out that instead of being sickly or socially awkward like people assume, these kids grew up to be healthier, wealthier, more successful, and honestly, even happier than the average person. Interestingly, when they hit 60, most of them said their families were their greatest source of happiness, rather than money or status.