Digital Media Consumer Rights Act

irabinovitch writes "Representatives Rick Boucher and John Doolittle introduced the DMCRA which would to quote the EFF would "require labelling requirements for usage-impaired "copy-protected" compact discs, as well as several amendments to 1998's infamous Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)." We always seem to complain about the DMCA around here now is our chance to change it! Check out this "Action Alert" at the EFF."

Comments

first post

[ShatteredDream]

oh yeah, take that ACs!

RPN...

[Anonymous Coward]

Use it. It rules. It's quicker. It makes you smarter

moron having the write to remain sileNT

[Anonymous Coward]

unless you have some kind of payper liesense paid dupe.

va.msn.?net? (VAST)? i DOWt it.

how much is that whoredoggIE in the windose? the won....

Re:Can you afford the stamps?

[KDan]

Actually I sit in front of my computer all day programming stuff in Java, these days, but it still doesn't pay squat. In the current market, it's not very easy to find junior positions. My connection is too shit to do any file trading, so I don't bother.

Daniel

Common RPN Misconceptions

[Anonymous Coward]

I already know algerbraic. Why should I bother learning a new system?

Because RPN has many advantages. It's quicker, requires less keystrokes and you no longer have to match brackets

But RPN is a pain in the neck!

No. Most RPN users agree that RPN is easier then algerbraic. For instance:

2* (4 + 7) =

is:

4 Enter 7 + 2 *

What's going on here? you are using a stack. Typing 4 then enter puts 4 on the stack. typing 7 + adds 7 to the stack. 2 * multiplies the result by 2. Not only is it easy, but you have saved 2 keystrokes already. now, let's take the square root of the answer:

ALG: sqr ans = 3 keystrokes
RPN: sqr 1 keystroke

Easy!

So, RPN is faster? Why?

Well, 2 reasons. Firstly it takes less keystrokes. Secondly, you no longer have to match brackets. This saves a lot of time

hang on, if I make a typo I lose my work!

No. You have an 'undo' key

But I can't see my working!

yes you can. The HP4x series of calculators show full symbolic working

Re:Common RPN Misconceptions

[Anonymous Coward]

It's called postfix, you insensitive clod!!!

All calculators are a crutch.

Unless you do unit cancellation in postfix there is no time savings since you must convert all expressions to postfix !!!

If you can't match brackets, you shouldn't be in a class requiring a calculator of that magnitude. :p

Re:Common RPN Misconceptions

[Anonymous Coward]

It's called postfix, you insensitive clod!!!

We have been through this, several times. It is called RPN. I will fight you on this until the ends of the earth.

All calculators are a crutch.

uh huh. Your PC is a crutch. Talk to humans with your mouth, you lazy bugger.

Unless you do unit cancellation in postfix there is no time savings since you must convert all expressions to postfix !!!

I can convert infix to RPN on the fly, as can most people.



Have you seen some of the nasty equations in upper level physics courses?

PS HP is releasing a new graphics calc! Check out comp.sys.hp48. Yes, it's RPN, and has a 30 MHz pipelined .13 micron saturn processor! 4mB of RAM!

Internet as a stable area....

[miketang16]

I just wanted to reply to a recent post about how we need a more comprehensive set of laws in cyberspace. I completely disagree. As far as the Internet goes, it should be under one law, anarchy. No one owns the Internet, no one country has the right to make a law covering all of it. Stop trying to restrict it, and just accept the fact that on the Internet people can be free.