Internet security has been an issue ever since the beginning and we have been handeling it just fine. Why should it suddenly become a government issue?
I use OO.o but my university uses MS Office so if I want to print off their computers I need to export all my documents as PDF beforehand. It's trivial but still irritates me.
In deed that is the entire purpose behind PDF, it is a finished copy. However I still get people who think it is a good idea to edit PDF files and re-save them.
Currently it is against the law to distribute the blacklist, and $10,000 per day for everyday that you have a link to blacklisted content on your site. Of course they do not tell you the links so the only way you know is when they slap you with the fine.
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This is about media.
Media rules the world!
What's the legal situation if they do put up a pay wall?
It is certainly harder to claim non-profit status when you charge people.
This is why I oppose copyright.
What sort of fucked up world do we live in where you can be jailed because some media company accuses you?
50 years ago this would not even happen in fiction.
Internet security has been an issue ever since the beginning and we have been handeling it just fine. Why should it suddenly become a government issue?
I use OO.o but my university uses MS Office so if I want to print off their computers I need to export all my documents as PDF beforehand. It's trivial but still irritates me.
No just don't install CRAP on your system, you can install as many programs as you like.
Anyone could tell you this.
This is exactly what happened with Vista and XP and win98.
I'm sure everybody is aware that PDF has annoyances.
Most of those annoyances are brought on by the idiots that publish PDF files without a clue.
The inability to print, for example.
In deed that is the entire purpose behind PDF, it is a finished copy.
However I still get people who think it is a good idea to edit PDF files and re-save them.
You cannot cater for all stupidity.
I export to PDF as well, its a solution that works but it's still a pain in the ass to do.
The real question is; and so what if we're gone?
After reading some of the contributions on /. I completely agree.
Your suggestion is absurdly logical, hence it shall not pass.
Why do all the good ideas get by-passed? Is it some sort of "nerd pride", that we must never do things the easy way.
How long until they damand Jungle Disk be filtered?
They'll try no doubt.
$34,000,000 worth of tracks is less than 50 songs.
So we have Cybercommand, /cybercontroller now wheres the Cybermen?
we have a
Have you ever read the bible?
God is the most foul and evil creature in all of fiction, the bastard drowned everyone at least once in the storyline.
The RIAA would certainly be a creation of GOD.
I don't know why Satan gets such bad rep.
It's called "pay per play" and it's nothing new.
If you have a Nokia you can browse the phone like a hard drive and copy the images, from there.
And believe it or not, I don't want anyone to search it without a permission from a court.
I don't want people searching it period, why should a bunch of uneducated inbreds be allowed to choose who gets to violate another persons privacy?
I welcome this idea.
If only we could execute people who dont shut their stupid phone up within a reasonable time frame we would be on easy street.
You're a boy, right? OK, then go learn to dance.
What you think geeks don't get beaten up enough?
Ok, you clearly do not have even the faintest clue what your talking about here. Thanks for the clarification.
nor does the local library.
Currently it is against the law to distribute the blacklist, and $10,000 per day for everyday that you have a link to blacklisted content on your site. Of course they do not tell you the links so the only way you know is when they slap you with the fine.
Given that many libraries use electronic sliding doors I would say Google has better redundancy in place for power failures.
Which has higher availability/uptime?
Which will survive trial by fire?
Which has backups of all their data?
Which doesn't have homeless bums sleeping on the steps?
Which does not give you papercuts?
Which does not require leaving the basement?
Which does not carry the risk of human interaction?
I think I made my point....