I assume you're talking about Nokia phones? Which have replacable covers? Breaking into 5-6 more-or-less-intact re-compilable parts is way better than breaking into 2 parts which are, well, broken.
But there are no file extensions to rely on in the first place. When a file is first created, it will be given a MIME type when it's put to the DB. And from there, the metadata will be transferred when retrieved/copied/whatever.
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So don't buy it?
Newly discovered works of long-since-gone authors may be invaluable sources to other people from scholars to fans. Would you ban the publishing of a "book" written by a scribe in the ancient Egypt? Or the new opera by Mozart that no-one knew about?
You don't have to buy Christopher Tolkien's publications, either, but someone might just love to see just one more glimpse into Middle Earth that J.R.R. wrote in the corner of some notebook page.
But if you want to play a wizard with the greatest magic system available to date, check Ars Magica (This link wasn't working at the time of writing. Hence the strange domain.)
Yes, mostly a great review. Some of the comments were not thoroughly thought, though. For example, the reviewer was relocating his cruise missile from one town to another (both his own), and wondered how an enemy archer could destroy a missile flying 300+ MPH. Now, launching a missile might be considered "relocation", but I'd think relocation is and should be done on trucks or trains...
>Likewise, people often ask why the shuttle continues to use such antiquated General Purpose >Computers: slow, 16-bit machines designed back in the seventies. There are many reasons, but a big >reason is that new hardware would almost certainly require massive changes to the flight software. And >rewriting and recertifying all that software would be a huge task. The current FSW works reliably; if >it ain't broke...
Actually, AFAIK, the main reason is that old 386s are tested, tested and, once more, tested for space use. With newer processors, there are too many unkowns to risk a space shuttle. The line-widths in modern processors are so small that background radiation is beginning to cause problems in space without proper shielding. Probably they are testing 486s and Pentiums right now, but it'll be another ten years before they're ready for extensive space use.
> But the interesting thing about MPEG-3 (MP3) is > that, unlike with MPEG-1, the standard refers only > to the way the finished file is constructed and > how it can be decompressed, rather than covering > the encoding process.
If I read the page right, the patent was filed Nov 14th, 1997, and issued Oct 26th, 1999. Now, I don't know when apt was first developed, but at least there are still apt-get reports on Debian's wishlist from early 1998. I'd wager that apt precedes this patent.
I think that Moore's Law can't be applied _as is_ when evaluating graphics boards. Moore's Law covers only the growth of raw computing power. However, modern graphics boards are presenting not only more MHz:s but also new techniques, parallelism and better algorithms.
A new CPU runs older programs as much (or more) faster than the increase in MHz:s indicates. A new graphics board doesn't necessarily run old programs faster at all, as they don't support the new features.
Well, then, if that law (ever) will be enforced, you could just sue your adversaries. Since they probably have a website, it is likely that through it you can reach another illegal website and take them to court with that. With any luck, you could reach your own "illegal" pages through theirs and create an illegal loop... Let's give those lawyers something fun to do!-)
Yup, but linking is a totally different thingy. By your analogy, if I put an arrow-sign with the text "Go there" on the street, and if a drug dealer happens to move into the house the arrow is pointing at, I become a criminal. I sure hope not.
> Even if you were to write fan art without any of the existing characters, you'd still build upon > the (copyrighted) works and pre-established (and often copyrighted) events that shaped the universe > in which your saga takes place. Your work can never be truly original and will therefore always > be derivative.
Just a thought: what if someone were to write a prelude trilogy to Star Trek? (Or to anything that hasn't a detailed history between real-now and fantasy-then.) The first part would build on real history, and successive parts would converge into the Star Trek timeline of 24th century (or whenever). When would the trilogy change from Original into Derivative, if ever? As the first part only hints in the direction of Star Trek, it could be considered as Original work. The sequels would, naturally, have more concrete aspects of the Trekversum, but it could be argued, that Star Trek builds on them...
I wonder what would have happened if technology hadn't advanced so rapidly and the governments could have kept up. Would we have an Internet? If we did, would it be as free as we have today? I surmise that we would have something akin to the PSTN: a regulated, around-the-world agreed-upon technology with controlled access.
Now, while the Internet today looks like a great thing, what about the future? Because technology so apparently has outrun any regulatory bodies it looks like we are heading towards a technological anarchy (at least netwise).
Around the corner True Virtual Reality is waiting. With it, everyone can connect themselves to the Net as never before. When that day arrives, will there be an online chaos? The most skillful hacker/cracker can do what (s)he wants without anybody being able to stop her/him. And the potential victims can't leave the net because then they'd be left behind.
Internet today is probably the most chaotic community that ever has existed and it will remain so. But is there a cap to it, a self-regulatory feature which won't allow the internal structure to fall apart in the next few years/decades?
Just a few thoughts. I plan to be c00l enough to survive in the VR.:-)
5. If Xing had been smart about encryption, they would not have had this problem.
IIRC Jon Johansen said that even if the Xing player hadn't kept the decryption code unencrypted in memory, it would have only slowed them down, not prevented them from hacking through CSS. So, Xing was only a catalyst, not the cause, for DeCSS.
The rest of your points are valid, of course, and the real cause for DeCSS' existence.
> Second, this idea of filtering cuts to the very heart of free speech - in effect, you are > preventing legitimate adults from using services that they have paid for in ways that are > perfectly legal and don't hurt anyone.
Just observing: McGrath pointed out that the students themselves are not paying for their Internet connection. Therefore they would not have a say in the matter, as the taxpayers are the ones who pay for the connection. (Disclaimer: I personally don't have a clue about how much if at all the students pay for the connection if they don't pay taxes themselves.)
Nevertheless, the whole idea is ludicrous. The money going into keeping filters up-to-date and paying the staff for monitoring students must be manifold compared to the cost of letting pr0n just come through.
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Search for "John Hurt" on the following page to get Ridley's description of the scene:
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About breaking into 5-6 pieces:
I assume you're talking about Nokia phones? Which have replacable covers? Breaking into 5-6 more-or-less-intact re-compilable parts is way better than breaking into 2 parts which are, well, broken.
But there are no file extensions to rely on in the first place. When a file is first created, it will be given a MIME type when it's put to the DB. And from there, the metadata will be transferred when retrieved/copied/whatever.
So don't buy it?
Newly discovered works of long-since-gone authors may be invaluable sources to other people from scholars to fans. Would you ban the publishing of a "book" written by a scribe in the ancient Egypt? Or the new opera by Mozart that no-one knew about?
You don't have to buy Christopher Tolkien's publications, either, but someone might just love to see just one more glimpse into Middle Earth that J.R.R. wrote in the corner of some notebook page.
But if you want to play a wizard with the greatest magic system available to date, check Ars Magica (This link wasn't working at the time of writing. Hence the strange domain.)
A few great sites in the Open Directory Project
I don't recall anyone surviving after his/her time has gone. Time does kill with deadly precision... :]
This happens for other units, too, if they are hit bad but not bad enough to destroy them.
Yes, mostly a great review. Some of the comments were not thoroughly thought, though. For example, the reviewer was relocating his cruise missile from one town to another (both his own), and wondered how an enemy archer could destroy a missile flying 300+ MPH. Now, launching a missile might be considered "relocation", but I'd think relocation is and should be done on trucks or trains...
Anything goes...
>Likewise, people often ask why the shuttle continues to use such antiquated General Purpose
>Computers: slow, 16-bit machines designed back in the seventies. There are many reasons, but a big
>reason is that new hardware would almost certainly require massive changes to the flight software. And
>rewriting and recertifying all that software would be a huge task. The current FSW works reliably; if
>it ain't broke...
Actually, AFAIK, the main reason is that old 386s are tested, tested and, once more, tested for space use. With newer processors, there are too many unkowns to risk a space shuttle. The line-widths in modern processors are so small that background radiation is beginning to cause problems in space without proper shielding. Probably they are testing 486s and Pentiums right now, but it'll be another ten years before they're ready for extensive space use.
> But the interesting thing about MPEG-3 (MP3) is
> that, unlike with MPEG-1, the standard refers only
> to the way the finished file is constructed and
> how it can be decompressed, rather than covering
> the encoding process.
MP3 == MPEG-1 Layer 3, not MPEG-3.
A new CPU runs older programs as much (or more) faster than the increase in MHz:s indicates. A new graphics board doesn't necessarily run old programs faster at all, as they don't support the new features.
Well, then, if that law (ever) will be enforced, you could just sue your adversaries. Since they probably have a website, it is likely that through it you can reach another illegal website and take them to court with that. With any luck, you could reach your own "illegal" pages through theirs and create an illegal loop... Let's give those lawyers something fun to do!-)
Yup, but linking is a totally different thingy. By your analogy, if I put an arrow-sign with the text "Go there" on the street, and if a drug dealer happens to move into the house the arrow is pointing at, I become a criminal. I sure hope not.
> the (copyrighted) works and pre-established (and often copyrighted) events that shaped the universe
> in which your saga takes place. Your work can never be truly original and will therefore always > be derivative.
Just a thought: what if someone were to write a prelude trilogy to Star Trek? (Or to anything that hasn't a detailed history between real-now and fantasy-then.) The first part would build on real history, and successive parts would converge into the Star Trek timeline of 24th century (or whenever). When would the trilogy change from Original into Derivative, if ever? As the first part only hints in the direction of Star Trek, it could be considered as Original work. The sequels would, naturally, have more concrete aspects of the Trekversum, but it could be argued, that Star Trek builds on them...
I guess that if they ever decide to go Windows, it would be called Weazel... ;-)
Now, while the Internet today looks like a great thing, what about the future? Because technology so apparently has outrun any regulatory bodies it looks like we are heading towards a technological anarchy (at least netwise).
Around the corner True Virtual Reality is waiting. With it, everyone can connect themselves to the Net as never before. When that day arrives, will there be an online chaos? The most skillful hacker/cracker can do what (s)he wants without anybody being able to stop her/him. And the potential victims can't leave the net because then they'd be left behind.
Internet today is probably the most chaotic community that ever has existed and it will remain so. But is there a cap to it, a self-regulatory feature which won't allow the internal structure to fall apart in the next few years/decades?
Just a few thoughts. I plan to be c00l enough to survive in the VR. :-)
IIRC Jon Johansen said that even if the Xing player hadn't kept the decryption code unencrypted in memory, it would have only slowed them down, not prevented them from hacking through CSS. So, Xing was only a catalyst, not the cause, for DeCSS.
The rest of your points are valid, of course, and the real cause for DeCSS' existence.
> preventing legitimate adults from using services that they have paid for in ways that are
> perfectly legal and don't hurt anyone.
Just observing: McGrath pointed out that the students themselves are not paying for their Internet connection. Therefore they would not have a say in the matter, as the taxpayers are the ones who pay for the connection. (Disclaimer: I personally don't have a clue about how much if at all the students pay for the connection if they don't pay taxes themselves.)
Nevertheless, the whole idea is ludicrous. The money going into keeping filters up-to-date and paying the staff for monitoring students must be manifold compared to the cost of letting pr0n just come through.