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Update on Playfair
An anonymous reader writes "A few weeks back, Slashdot reported that Apple had sent a cease and desist letter to Sarovar.org, the Indian site hosting the Playfair project. This is the first incident in India where a corporation has used legal means to shut down a Free Software project. Some of the prominent members of the Open Source/Free Software community in India have issued an update on this situation. There is also an interesting post in the FSF-India mailing lists."
I have a large collection of older Macs, all except one running OS 9 or less. Please tell me how to listen to iTunes music across my home network without having to spend my time burning and reripping everything I buy?
I have a large collection of older stereos, all except one have no CD player. Please tell me how I can listen to CD music throughout my home without having to spend my time re-recording them to cassette.
You like your Macintosh better than me, don't you Dave? Dave? Can you hear me Dave?
Ok, who the hell modded me flamebait for posting a mirror on my server? ;)
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WTF? Mod to 4 for that bullshit?
Tell me you don't favor a modernized country that has a good set of laws and is able to enforce them. Or would you rather live in some place like China or basically any place in the middle east, minus Israel, where there is no judicial system at all. Yeah, that means if someone steals your shit, the government doesn't care and the thief won't go to jail even if he were delivered on a silver platter. Or, he might get his hand cut off. Who knows, it is rolling the dice. Since there is no judicial system, anything goes. It is the law of the jungle- which might mean less people in jail.
On the other hand if you got caught with the wrong materials or someone overhears you talking about Christianity, your ass is going to disappear pretty quick, and without a trace. Thats right, I said disappear- no legal system, remember?
You know the Iraqi's didn't have a system in place to even put Saddamm on trial. We're having to help them build one. There were no judges in Iraq. There wasn't anybody who had ever served on a Jury. But fuckin hallelujah- they've got less people in jail- which is what you wanted, right? But, as another reply said, you might also want to count the number of lives that were disposed of on a mere whim of a dictator or king or prince.
Oh, and I hope you aren't female. Because as a recent story in the news exposed, beating your wife in places like Saudi Arabia is viewed as standard practice and acceptable, and usually not punished. Fuck the U.S. for putting all the men who beat their wives in jail, right?
Man, please do something for me next time. The next time you read something or hear something, take 5 seconds to double check and see if it even makes sense. See if it contradicts almost every piece of knowledge you have already previously aquired. Do you really think the U.S. is less free than Chine or the Middle East? If not, and you read something to the contrary, starting thinking. Start asking questions. But don't let the first thing you do be post a one sentence post with no original content other than basically "I believe everything that is at this URL- go read it- I beleive what they believe."
Yeah, that means if someone steals your shit, the government doesn't care and the thief won't go to jail even if he were delivered on a silver platter.
Never reported a theft to the police in the US, have you? They don't give a crap. They'll hand you a report and tell you to take it up with your insurance company. They don't investigate, they don't follow leads, they'll just go back to guarding the local dount shop. Don't have theft insurance? Too bad, your stuff is gone, and you won't get jack from anyone. If by some miracle the police happen upon your stuff (and I guarantee you they won't go out of their way to look for it), you might not even get it back because they can hold it as evidence for as long as they damn well please.
Police in the US are around for one reason and one reason only; To harass innocent people and generate income for the town/city in which they work.