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Legal Issues Don't Bother American Downloaders
An anonymous reader writes "Ipsos-Reid has released its latest research on file trading. Bottom line, the great majority of users do not believe they are breaking the law. Only 9% feel there is anything wrong with their actions. With 40 million Americans identified as active file traders this is indeed stirring information, though not surprising. Another stat, 73% of US downloaders report that their motivation for trading was to sample music for later purchase. You can see the charts and original press release here."
I always thought by going IPv6 and having each person their own IP that is traceable, (1.1.1.1.1.1 = bob smith or acme inc.) it would make it easier to trace spammers as well.
Everyone gets really freaky about privacy on the web, and I understand their desire to be private, but I don't see it in the constitution either.
The concept of privacy obviously extends to your home, including your inside your computer, but once you 'leave' your home via the internet, its kinda of silly to expect any more privacy than when in your car to go to the store. This doesn't mean the govt. should track you without a warrant, but you shouldnt expect to remain totally anonymous. Some confuse the right to free speech (which doesn't mean anonymous free speech or exclude it, read the damn constitution, its neutral to that point) with privacy. They are different concepts completely. You seem to get this point. others dont.
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And just what, pray tell, does this have to do with the cable company? And how is this getting back at them? Using all thier bandwidth? I have DSL.
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Oh, you menat RECORD companies.
-Charlie
Mr. Heavyweight:
For best results, you should consider moving to RAID10, and ditch those low-capacity, failure-prone JBs for something a bit higher on the food chain. JBs feature an enhanced STR, true, but even a U-series from Seagate can handle the 15GB/hour of HuffYUV that video capture nuts need (a vidcap nut would of course be better to spend money on PC2700 RAM and a 333FSB processor). Keep those drives around, if you get into editing, but if you're like the rest of us, it's all "rip and encode"!
Maxtor's MaxLine 320 might not be out yet, but in a month, six of them should give you the data storage and redundancy we know you crave.
For those with lower-density pornographic needs, I recommend Samsung's SV120H4. 120GB, sure, but also quiet, reliable, cool and highly compatible with even the crappiest of Highpoint RAID controllers, the value-priced SpinPoint 120 is a winner all around. Maxtor's slightly higher-end 541DX is a real workhorse in this category as well.
Lastly, there's the matter of offline storage. CDs of course are convienent and commonplace, but switching discs every two and a half minutes is such a hassle! Multiple burners? Forget about it. Kick off one only to start another? Puh-LEASE! For your end-result pr0n storage, what you need is a 4X DVD-R drive, such as the Sony 500AX multi-format burner, and a copy of Ulead MovieFactory2 to handle the diverse array of sources and conditions that your source material arrives in. Downloaded from Kazaa? Yup. Capped off the scrambled PPV channels? Right-O!
And to top it off, for the stuff that isn't good enough to wind up on DVD, you can always make a data disc with a whopping 7(!) 670MB files.
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slaker is a non-syndicated slashdot reader with a porn collection that exceeds the data storage of some small Eastern European nations.
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"sleep deprivation, denial of medication for injuries, forcing them to stand or kneel for hours on end with hoods on, subjecting them to loud noises and sudden flashes of light and engaging in culturally humiliating practices"
Wow, that's exactly what the Japanese do to foreign prisoners. I guess they don't care either!
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