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Anti-Copying TV Technology Creeps Forward

Posted by timothy on from the what-do-you-mean-fair-use dept.

An anonymous reader writes: " After CDs, then comes TV? Although the technologies being spoken about are supposedly to prevent online sharing of television content as digital network television is born, the extents of the control being spoken of is alarming. When I purchase my next television recording device, will I be able to chose to record my favorite show while I am away from home? Will I be able to record one show while watching another? Or will I be at the mercy of the network ... only allowed to record should they *want* me to record. It could be possible to prevent the recording of first-run shows, forcing either-or choices (and affecting ratings and advertising rates,) rather than allowing us to watch one, record another."

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  1. +5, informative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The last few months I have been doing some research into the trolling phenomenon on slashdot.org. In order to do this as thoroughly as possible, I have written both normal and troll posts, 1st posts, etc., both logged in and anonymously, and I have found these rather shocking results:


    • More moderator points are being used to mod posts down than up. Furthermore, when modding a post up, every moderator seems to follow previous moderators in their choices, even when it's not a particularly interesting or clever post [slashdot.org]. There are a LOT more +5 posts than +3 or +4.
    • Logged in people are modded down faster than anonymous cowards. Presumably these Nazi Moderators think it's more important to burn a user's existing karma, to silence that individual for the future, than to use the moderation system for what it's meant for : identifying "good" and "bad" posts (Notice how nearly all oppressive governments in the past and present do the same thing : marking individuals as bad and untrustworthy because they have conflicting opinions, instead of engaging in a public discussion about these opinions)
    • Once you have a karma of -4 or -5, your posts have a score of -1 by default. When this is the case, no-one bothers to mod you down anymore. This means a logged in user can keep on trolling as much as he (or she) likes, without risking a ban to post on slashdot. When trolling as an anonymous user, every post starts at score 0, and you will be modded down to -1 ON EVERY POST. When you are modded down a certain number of times in 24 hour, you cannot post anymore from your current IP for a day or so. So, for successful trolling, ALWAYS log in.
    • A lot of the modded down posts are actually quite clever [slashdot.org], funny [slashdot.org], etc., and they are only modded down because they are offtopic. Now, on a news site like slashdot, where the number of different topics of discussion can be counted on 1 hand, I must say I quite like the distraction these posts offer. But no, when the topic is yet another minor version change of the Linux kernel [slashdot.org], they only expect ooohs and aaahs about this great feat of engineering. Look at the moderation done in this thread [slashdot.org] to see what I mean.
    • Digging deep into the history of slashdot, I found this poll [slashdot.org], which clearly indicates the vast majority does NOT want the moderation we have here today. 'nuff said.

    Feel free to use this information to your advantage. I thank you for your time.

  2. And the bitchslap returns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Looks like the mega-thread was bitchslapped once again. Every response is back down to -1. This is just too funny.


    Moderation Totals: Offtopic=58, Flamebait=1, Troll=3, Redundant=2, Insightful=10, Interesting=38, Informative=11, Funny=2, Overrated=2, Underrated=4, Total=131.

  3. Where are all the logged in trolls? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fucking pussy logged in trolls run scared when an AC gets FP, fucking loser faggots.

  4. Re:Photoshop does not cost $600 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fucking does have a learning curve.

    I once went out with your mom, who was taking a Genital Piercing class. I laid her down and humped her more in one hour than she did before she had you. Why?

    Because she didn't get it at home. She got 30 secs from your Ole Man. I could last all night. She couldn't stand it, so she actually came more times than I did.

    Since then though, I've dropped the bitch. She's too fat.