The only problem I see with making it a requirement to have working RFID is that my non-RFID-equipped passport is valid until 18 June 2016.
So unless they are going to recall all non-chipped passports, they'll have to wait quite a while to make it a requirement.
Also:
Alteration or mutilation of passport: This passport must not be altered or mutilated in any way. Alteration may make it INVALID, and, if willful, may subject you to prosecution. (Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1543)
Very true. One is not required to use Windows. But looking at the devices like my smartphone (runs windows mobile), my mp3 players (which both interact easiest with windows), my printer (which I conveniently didn't have to search for drivers, they came included on a CD), and other devices that I use on a daily basis I can see that life is somewhat easier by choosing products that interact on the same platform "nicely."
That having been said, all my programs are here in Windows. It came installed on my thinkpad, and it runs. I don't have to compile things, I didn't have to find drivers for the wi-fi card.
Isn't it enough that something works right out of the box? Sure, I could buy an Apple/Mac and it would work, but I'd have to live without right-click.
I don't have much against Linux. Maybe I'm not sufficiently informed, maybe my entire life could be made simpler by a switch to Linux. But for now, Windows works.
I'll bite.
from the article:
To let other sites sell music that plays on the iPod, his program will "wrap" songs with code that functions much like FairPlay. "So we'll actually add copy protection," he says, whereas the DMCA prohibits removing it. Helping other devices play iTunes songs could be harder to justify legally, but he cites the DMCA clause that permits users, in some circumstances, to reverse-engineer programs to ensure "interoperability."
It would appear, based mostly on having read TFA, that his main focus is allowing music bought on other systems (sporting Plays-For-Sure, possibly) to play on iPods without defeating the encryption. Now that seems like a pretty fair way of going about things.
The thing about saying that other brands don't have a similar service is that it's true. I can't send my Iriver h10 to Iriver and have them put a battery in it. The bastards require me to push a little button, slide it off, and order another one for..hang on... $39.99USD. And they won't even let me ship it in so they can install it! I have to keep my player while they send me the new battery!
Why oh why won't they just let me pay them to do it!?
Excuse me, I've got a letter writing campaign to start.
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So unless they are going to recall all non-chipped passports, they'll have to wait quite a while to make it a requirement.
Also: Alteration or mutilation of passport: This passport must not be altered or mutilated in any way. Alteration may make it INVALID, and, if willful, may subject you to prosecution. (Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1543)
Best Buy thanks you for your business, Barry
Black market for gmail addresses?
Step 1: Find this black market. May prove difficult at night.
Step 2: Sell my 99 invites to sex offenders.
Step 3: Profit!
quick, everyone pull the article up and refresh till the cows come home!
Very true. One is not required to use Windows. But looking at the devices like my smartphone (runs windows mobile), my mp3 players (which both interact easiest with windows), my printer (which I conveniently didn't have to search for drivers, they came included on a CD), and other devices that I use on a daily basis I can see that life is somewhat easier by choosing products that interact on the same platform "nicely."
That having been said, all my programs are here in Windows. It came installed on my thinkpad, and it runs. I don't have to compile things, I didn't have to find drivers for the wi-fi card.
Isn't it enough that something works right out of the box? Sure, I could buy an Apple/Mac and it would work, but I'd have to live without right-click.
I don't have much against Linux. Maybe I'm not sufficiently informed, maybe my entire life could be made simpler by a switch to Linux. But for now, Windows works.
On a similar note:
"Whom do you love?" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
I'll bite. from the article: To let other sites sell music that plays on the iPod, his program will "wrap" songs with code that functions much like FairPlay. "So we'll actually add copy protection," he says, whereas the DMCA prohibits removing it. Helping other devices play iTunes songs could be harder to justify legally, but he cites the DMCA clause that permits users, in some circumstances, to reverse-engineer programs to ensure "interoperability." It would appear, based mostly on having read TFA, that his main focus is allowing music bought on other systems (sporting Plays-For-Sure, possibly) to play on iPods without defeating the encryption. Now that seems like a pretty fair way of going about things.
boy you might be legally retarded!
I'm sorry, the answer we were looking for was 42. 42. Thanks for playing.
The thing about saying that other brands don't have a similar service is that it's true. I can't send my Iriver h10 to Iriver and have them put a battery in it. The bastards require me to push a little button, slide it off, and order another one for..hang on... $39.99USD. And they won't even let me ship it in so they can install it! I have to keep my player while they send me the new battery!
Why oh why won't they just let me pay them to do it!?
Excuse me, I've got a letter writing campaign to start.