there is NOTHING that wiretapping will do to prevent those that hate us from doing damage to us. any 'terr-a-wrist' worth his salt is already using subchannels, hidden info in plain sight (steganography) or just regular old pedestrian encryption.
Yeah, so those people in the industry (imagery analysts, linguists, cryptographers, et. al.) should just do nothing? Something tells me you have no insight to the amount of success our intelligence experts are having against the "terr-a-wrists". Do you even realize that run-of-the-mill, junior ranking enlisted soldiers are exploiting those things you say can't be exploited EVERY...SINGLE...DAY (to include your bonus word of steganography)?
My company provides a suite of tools that exploit all these supposedly amazing tricks the enemy is using, with great success. To sit back and say "nothing can be done" is defeatist and capitulatory.
Are there any American citizens (who understand what FISA is) that actually support it?
Uh, yes? Those of us in the Intelligence industry, for example. Your problem is that slashdot groupthink is not indicative of the general US population.
Surely, I'm in the minority (and dammit, quit calling me Shirley), but for me, as a substantially liberal Republican, this move has solidified my vote for Obama. This, plus his reconsideration of a hasty Iraq withdraw shows me that he is willing and able to think things through and change his mind instead of waltzing the party line.
Commercial success has nothing to do with the quality of the material. McDonalds, anyone? A logical conclusion to that would be that commercial failure also has nothing to do with the quality of the material. Unless, of course, you are prepared to give evidence that Air America fails because their views are unpopular? Last I checked, this country is about 50/50 when it comes every fourth November (as of late). Maybe it is because left leaning people don't need some moron babbling on for 3 hours in a row every day to help them form their own opinions?
Oddly enough, the Wikipedia entry on "Fairness Doctrine" provides plenty of citations (fifteen to be exact). Some of those even support the original claim of censored conservative opinion...gasp!.
9^ Pelosi Supports âFairnessâ(TM) Doctrine. Human Events (2008-06-25). Retrieved on 2008-07-02.
I would suggest that most people who hold journalism jobs are educated at four-year universities and are presumably somewhat intelligent, whereas Average Joe Redneck isn't. Therefore, when Average Joe can't comprehend reality (the news, for example), it must be that damned liberal agenda kicking in.
Jargon isn't a term used for words that change meaning based on the context, it is merely a term for words and phrases that are specific to a given industry.
Republicans and Democrats are NOT both equally to blame, as many of you are claiming. According to Wikipedia, we have prominent Democrats who support the concept of this Act (Pelosi, John Kerry, Richard Durbin), and Republicans who have acted against it (Reagan vetoed it, Bush Sr. threatened to veto it). While it isn't always fair to classify something as "Democrat" or "Republican", this one seems pretty clear-cut.
but every time I hear about something like this I get the same creepy feeling I get when I saw that commercial with George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton side by side. That could just be because I was being looked at by a sleazeball and a cold-blooded killer, though.
Did you even read what I wrote? 1--I'm American, thus I have a lot of American stuff. 2--I lived in the U.K., which has a different plug than the rest of Europe. 3--I went to the rest of Europe a lot. Because of that little exception you mentioned, I've got all kinds of weird adapters and such.
From your post above it sounds like you need _one_ single adapter for your European needs.
Which is exactly one more than you need in the States. What I was getting at is that the UK is part of Europe, but it doesn't have the same standards as the rest of Europe. Are we going to just ignore 30 million or so people because they live on an island?
Also, you are wrong on the plugs. The UK ones are the best for not falling out, and the European ones are the worst (if you get the two prong ones without the ground). The US ones fall right in the middle for a good solid connection. I can't comment on the 220/110 debate, because I'm not an electrician.
Ahh, but now you are into another legal area altogether. Public figures are free targets when it comes to parody/satire. I'd say it would be far easier to defend your mashups under this than trying to claim fair use.
And don't forget also: only as good as the judges before whom the cases are presented.
This tired old cliche is so-not-true. Basically what you are all saying is you don't like the judgments that have created legal precedent, so you blame the courts/law/judges. Have you ever considered the notion that maybe you guys are just wrong on the issue? Just because you don't agree with a judge, that judge is suddenly not "as good" as they should be?
Fair Use is pretty straight forward. The waters only get muddy because people don't like the law and want to violate it at every turn and justify it with something they simply don't understand (Fair Use).
Fortunately for us, we don't have to, as it is already defined for us. I get a kick out of people who throw stuff together and claim "Fair Use" and they can't even cite one legal exemption that falls under Fair Use. Here's news for you Mr. Mashup--your work is not protected under Fair Use, because it (most likely) isn't for academic or review purposes. If you "think" it is, then you best be prepared to prove it in a court, as the burden of proof shifts to the accused in this case.
No, we need MORE toll roads (in America at least). We Americans are some of the cheapest bastards on the planet, and to de-incentivize driving by charging a toll, we'd free the roads up for those of us non-cheap-ass-Americans who actually understand those 50 cents help maintain our nice infrastructure.
No kidding. Europe can't even standardize on household electricity. I can't begin to tell you the nightmares associated with being an American living in the UK and doing business in mainland Europe. I've got more dongles and converters than I can handle.
The trucks are Daimler not Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz is the car line of Daimler.
Not exactly true either. Mercedes-Benz is the corporate name used for the US market. In Germany, anything Mercedes is referred to with the corporate name-- Daimler-Benz (I worked there in 1990, woo hoo!)
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there is NOTHING that wiretapping will do to prevent those that hate us from doing damage to us. any 'terr-a-wrist' worth his salt is already using subchannels, hidden info in plain sight (steganography) or just regular old pedestrian encryption.
Yeah, so those people in the industry (imagery analysts, linguists, cryptographers, et. al.) should just do nothing? Something tells me you have no insight to the amount of success our intelligence experts are having against the "terr-a-wrists". Do you even realize that run-of-the-mill, junior ranking enlisted soldiers are exploiting those things you say can't be exploited EVERY...SINGLE...DAY (to include your bonus word of steganography)?
My company provides a suite of tools that exploit all these supposedly amazing tricks the enemy is using, with great success. To sit back and say "nothing can be done" is defeatist and capitulatory.
FISA has been implemented since 1978. Otherwise I agree with your sentiment.
Why is this flamebait to say what you think?
Because somebody on slashdot disagrees with you.
Are there any American citizens (who understand what FISA is) that actually support it?
Uh, yes? Those of us in the Intelligence industry, for example. Your problem is that slashdot groupthink is not indicative of the general US population.
Surely, I'm in the minority (and dammit, quit calling me Shirley), but for me, as a substantially liberal Republican, this move has solidified my vote for Obama. This, plus his reconsideration of a hasty Iraq withdraw shows me that he is willing and able to think things through and change his mind instead of waltzing the party line.
Commercial success has nothing to do with the quality of the material. McDonalds, anyone? A logical conclusion to that would be that commercial failure also has nothing to do with the quality of the material. Unless, of course, you are prepared to give evidence that Air America fails because their views are unpopular? Last I checked, this country is about 50/50 when it comes every fourth November (as of late). Maybe it is because left leaning people don't need some moron babbling on for 3 hours in a row every day to help them form their own opinions?
The fairness doctrine doesn't censor anything.
The 1984 Supreme Court disagrees with you. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=468&invol=364
the old, so-called, "Fairness Doctrine" that once censored conservative opinion on television and radio broadcasting
[Citation needed]
Oddly enough, the Wikipedia entry on "Fairness Doctrine" provides plenty of citations (fifteen to be exact). Some of those even support the original claim of censored conservative opinion...gasp! .
9^ Pelosi Supports âFairnessâ(TM) Doctrine. Human Events (2008-06-25). Retrieved on 2008-07-02.
I would suggest that most people who hold journalism jobs are educated at four-year universities and are presumably somewhat intelligent, whereas Average Joe Redneck isn't. Therefore, when Average Joe can't comprehend reality (the news, for example), it must be that damned liberal agenda kicking in.
Jargon isn't a term used for words that change meaning based on the context, it is merely a term for words and phrases that are specific to a given industry.
Seems to me a lot of people here don't want to believe something that is easily verified.
You must be new here...yuk yuk.
The Democratic and Republican parties are two sides of the same coin.
Well, one party vetoed it once, and threatened a second, so I'm not so sure they are on the same coin at all.
Republicans and Democrats are NOT both equally to blame, as many of you are claiming. According to Wikipedia, we have prominent Democrats who support the concept of this Act (Pelosi, John Kerry, Richard Durbin), and Republicans who have acted against it (Reagan vetoed it, Bush Sr. threatened to veto it). While it isn't always fair to classify something as "Democrat" or "Republican", this one seems pretty clear-cut.
but every time I hear about something like this I get the same creepy feeling I get when I saw that commercial with George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton side by side. That could just be because I was being looked at by a sleazeball and a cold-blooded killer, though.
And how do you describe George Bush Sr.? ;-)
With the exception of the UK...
Did you even read what I wrote? 1--I'm American, thus I have a lot of American stuff. 2--I lived in the U.K., which has a different plug than the rest of Europe. 3--I went to the rest of Europe a lot. Because of that little exception you mentioned, I've got all kinds of weird adapters and such.
From your post above it sounds like you need _one_ single adapter for your European needs.
Which is exactly one more than you need in the States. What I was getting at is that the UK is part of Europe, but it doesn't have the same standards as the rest of Europe. Are we going to just ignore 30 million or so people because they live on an island?
Also, you are wrong on the plugs. The UK ones are the best for not falling out, and the European ones are the worst (if you get the two prong ones without the ground). The US ones fall right in the middle for a good solid connection. I can't comment on the 220/110 debate, because I'm not an electrician.
I think I misread your excerpt because the way I read it states that guitar tablature is debated RIGHT IN our constitution...sweet!
Ahh, but now you are into another legal area altogether. Public figures are free targets when it comes to parody/satire. I'd say it would be far easier to defend your mashups under this than trying to claim fair use.
It is never legal or illegal until the copyright holder complains.
And don't forget also: only as good as the judges before whom the cases are presented.
This tired old cliche is so-not-true. Basically what you are all saying is you don't like the judgments that have created legal precedent, so you blame the courts/law/judges. Have you ever considered the notion that maybe you guys are just wrong on the issue? Just because you don't agree with a judge, that judge is suddenly not "as good" as they should be?
Fair Use is pretty straight forward. The waters only get muddy because people don't like the law and want to violate it at every turn and justify it with something they simply don't understand (Fair Use).
Most fake books pay the royalties for the songs...that's a big difference.
You can try to define "Fair Use" all you want to.
Fortunately for us, we don't have to, as it is already defined for us. I get a kick out of people who throw stuff together and claim "Fair Use" and they can't even cite one legal exemption that falls under Fair Use. Here's news for you Mr. Mashup--your work is not protected under Fair Use, because it (most likely) isn't for academic or review purposes. If you "think" it is, then you best be prepared to prove it in a court, as the burden of proof shifts to the accused in this case.
"Telecom Immunity Bill Hides Spying Provisions"
No, we need MORE toll roads (in America at least). We Americans are some of the cheapest bastards on the planet, and to de-incentivize driving by charging a toll, we'd free the roads up for those of us non-cheap-ass-Americans who actually understand those 50 cents help maintain our nice infrastructure.
No kidding. Europe can't even standardize on household electricity. I can't begin to tell you the nightmares associated with being an American living in the UK and doing business in mainland Europe. I've got more dongles and converters than I can handle.
The trucks are Daimler not Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz is the car line of Daimler.
Not exactly true either. Mercedes-Benz is the corporate name used for the US market. In Germany, anything Mercedes is referred to with the corporate name-- Daimler-Benz (I worked there in 1990, woo hoo!)