Killing your prisoners helps reduce the net total of prisoners..
The US has imprisoned the greatest percentage of its population of ANY NATION except for Russia. Seee the link I provided earlier. That includes many countries with no death penalties.
If by some odd chance you meant China, then I need only point you to Taiwan.
You mean the country the US is sending missiles to? And when did China last attack taiwan? And when did China even acknowlege that Taiwan is NOT a part of China?
Those that lead the human rights commission: China, Cuba, Libya, Syria, and most recently Sudan.
yes, ironic isn't it. It's almost as if the world is trying to send the US a message.
The person who posted the original statement works with a particle accelerator. Unless you have similar credentials, I'm going to have to take his word over yours.
As has been pointed out several times, "high yield" is a relative term. That the poster works at a particle accellerator (sweeping the floors?) is irrelevant to the fact that a nuclear explosion in times square will do significant damage.
For the slow people in the class, I believe the original post was pointing out the world's previous attempts to appease a totalitarian regime. They didn't quite work out.
Uh, Neville Chamberlain would be a good example of this. The Olympics? No. Its an example of propoganda thwarted in an international forum.
Any idiot can post hyperlinks to other sites to pretend that they're backing up their claims. People who have something worthwhile to say put it in their own post, so people have a chance to rebut it.
Sorry. All those yucky facts. I should have just copy/pasted for hours? No, here's a nutty idea-- read the news. Then open your mouth. And no, I don't count Rush Limbaugh as news.
Have the guts to say what you believe and stand by it.
Ok, here it is without any links or direct support-- perhaps the way you'd prefer it:
George W. Bush is a simian idiot whose handlers are cowtowing to special interests including the energy and defense industries, thus putting global political stability and environmental health in danger.
his is the same government that has executed more people in the past three months than the rest of the world has in the past three years (yes, that includes Texas, save your lame jokes).
Right now there's a one-man effort at Abiword to port this cross-platform, GPL'd word processor to OS X. I know that Hubert Figuiere would appreciate any contribution to the project.
To read the latest discussion on Abiword development, check out this page.
I wonder how many people have tried MacGIMP because Adobe's taking so long to release Photoshop for OS X? Judging from some of the chat boards, I'm guessing a lot.
Not that MS pays taxes anyway, as I understand it, but would having inflated losses due to piracy be a deductable expense?
Also, doesn't microsoft's "philanthropy" foundations give copies of Microsoft to schools (thus extending their monopoly and training a whole new generation of Microsoft-dependent users) and make annoucnements to the media that they have given away "millions" to education (which they can also write off)?
From what the article seems to say, the ruling wasn't against actually fining people for exceeding the speed limit, it was for not adequately notifying the renters that this was the policy.
I don't see how this would stop ACME for charging the renter for say, leaving the state, driving under the minimum speed limit, driving on odd-numbered freeways, stopping at McDonalds, or basically whatever "rules" or criteria they want to set-- provided that the renter be "properly notified" that this is part of the rental agreement.
Whatever. The best way to avoid this is to not rent from them...at least until they all the rental companies collude to make it an industry-wide policy. Then we're fucked. But hey, Big Brother is already watching.
Well myself, I went jogging, and I noticed the birds that were flying around actually had realistic "surround" effects, so that when I closed my eyes, I could almost feel them moving around me. Very lifelike.
The attention to detail was truly amazing. Car horns honked and the sound echoed just the way you'd have expected in a ultra-realistic video game-- only better.
Very hard to describe, but definately worth it trying again in a couple months.
of course IANAL, but if you have knowlege that a crime is committed and don't report it to the authorities, doesn't that make you an accessory? Especially if you provided the tool that made the crime possible?
Moreover, if you begin to charge the transgressor money as a result of your special knowelege of the crime, could that constitute blackmail?
So will the next suit be BMI suing IBM for typosquatting? They can call the ACLU, who won't be able to take the case because they're suing UCLA.
If someone mistypes an URL, that's their problem. As long as the page itself doesn't misrepresent itself, then all URLs are fair game. When I register a domain name, I'm not registering all the domain names with slightly different spellings.. am I? If I own "domain.net" can I sue "domain.com" for typosquatting?
Could someone explain the whole gold market to non-economically minded folks such as myself?
I seriously don't understand why gold has value anymore. For the first couple thousand years of civilization, sure, I can see it-- it's a limited resource, it's pretty and shiny and malleable, you can make jewelry out of it.. but today does gold have any fundimental value as a resource, like say natural gas or oil? Is there really that much demand for it? If so, why? Just wedding rings 'n the like?
Basically, I'm thinking about it and aside from its "agreed upon" value, I don't really need any.
Aside from such things as electronics, tooth fillings, and necklaces, is there any non-traditional gold is worth anything?
Incidentally, I hear that the world's diamond supply is controlled largely by one company that artificially caps supply, thus maintaining its value. True?
I suspect it wouldn't make the pages that Microsoft links to open, although it may make the links themselves open. But links are (or at least shouldn't be) the same as the content that they point to. However, if Microsoft adds slogans and logos for products, I think those could arguably be opened as well.
I do think there are legal questions here-- is microsoft "republishing" your page by changing the layout/display/presentation from the author's intentions? I dunno though if it's really a copyright violation per se.
Microsoft better really be careful about stepping on other people's logos and stuff though, because they could possibly violate trademarks (?).
Yes, that was exactly my point. A lot of the replies have said "no, you can't read into the file and detect a bit" etc. But if the majority of cd-burners are bought out and they suddenly "respect" this bit, then that seems functionally equivalent (or so the RIAA could argue) to the CSS, where the "valid" players use a key to unlock the scrambled content.
So a "rogue" burner that ignores the set bit could arguably be "jumping over" the technical obstacle used by every valid burner, thus violating the new DMCA law.
In that way it just takes one judge to make those open source burners illegal.
As an anoymous coward said:
>Ever heard of SCMS? It's a flip-bit copy/no-copy system implemented on DAT and MiniDisc. It is the direct result of the Audio Home Recording Act, and certainly illegal to bypass under the DMCA.
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>I think the intent is that a system is "effective" if it's widely used (such as with Macrovision, also DMCA protected), not that it's good. Obviously the widely used part is a problem with standard red book CDs.
So this could be an attempt to make respect for the bit widely used. -------------------
I mean, if a song is encoded in such a way that it has a "security bit" turned on (say, uh, bit 1 turned on means "copyrighted") and all the commercial burning software "respects" this convention, then either Nero has to refuse to burn as well or it's "circumventing a technology intended to protect copyright" and becomes illegal.
I mean, yeah. You can make cases out of cool stuff. I guess the reason I'm pissed is cuz people are submitting real important items and they're getting rejected.
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Big companies are so good at getting their legal department to draft a serious-we-mean-business type of letter, maybe the FSF (or someone else) could write up a couple letters to send to companies when they violate the GPL.
This isn't the first time it's happened, and won't be the last. It would be nice to be able to clear it up as quickly as possible.
Ooh- Idea for site-- a GPL Violation site. Where you can choose from several different letters (by selecting tone, what clause has been violated, whether this is the first time they've done this) etc. Also, people could use it to exchange info about GPL enforcement issues & stuff.
I know this is one of those big words everyone likes to use on slashdot (along with "obfuscate" and a few others), but since this is a thread on education, I hope you'll forgive me.
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Maybe you meant "illustrates" or "highlights" or "illuminates"?
That game was indeed awesome. Definately the best combat-style game for the II series.
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This seems to be a fun application of bioinformatics.
Take some code, say the tinest known CSS descrambler in C. Maybe compress it into a nice tight zip/.gz binary.
Now convert it to a DNA sequence
(It seems you could actually make a couple possible sequences by switching around the letters)
I wonder what the odds are of finding one of these sequences in the billions of combinations currently being sequenced?
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Aimster is actually trying to get the DCMA to apply to RIAA by encrypting their peer2peer conversations and insisting that any attempt to monitor the conversation would be circumventing a technology designed to protect copyright (the Aimster user's copyrighted communications I gather)!
This is pretty funny.
Now...who wants to create a css plugin for my email client so I can use it to legitimately protect my copyrighted correspondence (say, samples of my bad poetry) to select friends? That way, I can legally have decss to UNencrypt my own messages. Or is there some rule that ONLY the MPAA can use CSS?
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The US has imprisoned the greatest percentage of its population of ANY NATION except for Russia. Seee the link I provided earlier. That includes many countries with no death penalties.
Missile attacks launched by GWB: none.
really.
If by some odd chance you meant China, then I need only point you to Taiwan.
You mean the country the US is sending missiles to? And when did China last attack taiwan? And when did China even acknowlege that Taiwan is NOT a part of China?
Those that lead the human rights commission: China, Cuba, Libya, Syria, and most recently Sudan.
yes, ironic isn't it. It's almost as if the world is trying to send the US a message.
The person who posted the original statement works with a particle accelerator. Unless you have similar credentials, I'm going to have to take his word over yours.
As has been pointed out several times, "high yield" is a relative term. That the poster works at a particle accellerator (sweeping the floors?) is irrelevant to the fact that a nuclear explosion in times square will do significant damage.
For the slow people in the class, I believe the original post was pointing out the world's previous attempts to appease a totalitarian regime. They didn't quite work out.
Uh, Neville Chamberlain would be a good example of this. The Olympics? No. Its an example of propoganda thwarted in an international forum.
Any idiot can post hyperlinks to other sites to pretend that they're backing up their claims. People who have something worthwhile to say put it in their own post, so people have a chance to rebut it.
Sorry. All those yucky facts. I should have just copy/pasted for hours? No, here's a nutty idea-- read the news. Then open your mouth. And no, I don't count Rush Limbaugh as news.
Have the guts to say what you believe and stand by it.
Ok, here it is without any links or direct support-- perhaps the way you'd prefer it:
George W. Bush is a simian idiot whose handlers are cowtowing to special interests including the energy and defense industries, thus putting global political stability and environmental health in danger.
if you'd like more details, see my previous post.
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Ah yes, remind me...
Which country has a higher percentage of its population in prison?
Which administration is more likely to launch a missile attack? Which may or may not hit its target?
Or crash their secret spy plane, for that matter?
Which country recently lost its seat on the U.N. human rights committee?
In other words, you probably have to buy one from Russia.
Yes, that could never happen. With Russia being so stable and all.
the US is pushing for increased Canadian border security and unified policies on security and entry into North America
No one ever gets anything past the Canadians.
suitcase nukes are low-yield.
Uhhhh... Yah.
After all, look how nice the world is being to China, what with giving them the Olympics and all (worked really well in Berlin in 1936, didn't it?).
This is Yes, you are absolutely right. Jesse Owens' televised humiliation of "Aryan superiority" having lead to WWII and all...
You have to understand that the Mutual Assured Destruction policies of the Cold War don't apply to unstable and fundamentalist regimes.
Hmm. Strange that the rest of the civilized world seems to disagree. Of course, I'm sure this is the only time that Bush would dare propose breaking an anti-nuke treaty. I mean, any guy who's cutting the EPA by 6.5% while giving an additional 13.6 billion to defense has his priorities totally straight. That, and his unbiased choices to head the EPA show that he isn't swayed by special interests. Which is why ultimately, other countries everywhere love and respect and cherish him and support his wise policies.
Don't let the facts stop you, though, Michael.
Yeah, whatever man.
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Seriously, how many tons of drugs/immigrants/etc get into this country illegally? How many bombs are already here, waiting, you think?
Is *anyone* besides Bush and defense contractors FOR this program? I've not heard a single sensible argument for why might be a good idea.
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To read the latest discussion on Abiword development, check out this page.
I wonder how many people have tried MacGIMP because Adobe's taking so long to release Photoshop for OS X? Judging from some of the chat boards, I'm guessing a lot.
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Just wondering.
Not that MS pays taxes anyway, as I understand it, but would having inflated losses due to piracy be a deductable expense?
Also, doesn't microsoft's "philanthropy" foundations give copies of Microsoft to schools (thus extending their monopoly and training a whole new generation of Microsoft-dependent users) and make annoucnements to the media that they have given away "millions" to education (which they can also write off)?
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From what the article seems to say, the ruling wasn't against actually fining people for exceeding the speed limit, it was for not adequately notifying the renters that this was the policy.
I don't see how this would stop ACME for charging the renter for say, leaving the state, driving under the minimum speed limit, driving on odd-numbered freeways, stopping at McDonalds, or basically whatever "rules" or criteria they want to set-- provided that the renter be "properly notified" that this is part of the rental agreement.
Whatever. The best way to avoid this is to not rent from them...at least until they all the rental companies collude to make it an industry-wide policy. Then we're fucked. But hey, Big Brother is already watching.
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(although abiword may run into trouble too.)
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Well myself, I went jogging, and I noticed the birds that were flying around actually had realistic "surround" effects, so that when I closed my eyes, I could almost feel them moving around me. Very lifelike.
The attention to detail was truly amazing. Car horns honked and the sound echoed just the way you'd have expected in a ultra-realistic video game-- only better.
Very hard to describe, but definately worth it trying again in a couple months.
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of course IANAL, but if you have knowlege that a crime is committed and don't report it to the authorities, doesn't that make you an accessory? Especially if you provided the tool that made the crime possible?
Moreover, if you begin to charge the transgressor money as a result of your special knowelege of the crime, could that constitute blackmail?
Just wondering,
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Yeah, but what's the precedent and how will it be interpreted by lower courts?
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So will the next suit be BMI suing IBM for typosquatting? They can call the ACLU, who won't be able to take the case because they're suing UCLA.
If someone mistypes an URL, that's their problem. As long as the page itself doesn't misrepresent itself, then all URLs are fair game. When I register a domain name, I'm not registering all the domain names with slightly different spellings.. am I? If I own "domain.net" can I sue "domain.com" for typosquatting?
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Could someone explain the whole gold market to non-economically minded folks such as myself?
I seriously don't understand why gold has value anymore. For the first couple thousand years of civilization, sure, I can see it-- it's a limited resource, it's pretty and shiny and malleable, you can make jewelry out of it.. but today does gold have any fundimental value as a resource, like say natural gas or oil? Is there really that much demand for it? If so, why? Just wedding rings 'n the like?
Basically, I'm thinking about it and aside from its "agreed upon" value, I don't really need any.
Aside from such things as electronics, tooth fillings, and necklaces, is there any non-traditional gold is worth anything?
Incidentally, I hear that the world's diamond supply is controlled largely by one company that artificially caps supply, thus maintaining its value. True?
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I suspect it wouldn't make the pages that Microsoft links to open, although it may make the links themselves open. But links are (or at least shouldn't be) the same as the content that they point to. However, if Microsoft adds slogans and logos for products, I think those could arguably be opened as well.
I do think there are legal questions here-- is microsoft "republishing" your page by changing the layout/display/presentation from the author's intentions? I dunno though if it's really a copyright violation per se.
Microsoft better really be careful about stepping on other people's logos and stuff though, because they could possibly violate trademarks (?).
Dunno. Not a lawyer.
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Yes, that was exactly my point. A lot of the replies have said "no, you can't read into the file and detect a bit" etc. But if the majority of cd-burners are bought out and they suddenly "respect" this bit, then that seems functionally equivalent (or so the RIAA could argue) to the CSS, where the "valid" players use a key to unlock the scrambled content.
So a "rogue" burner that ignores the set bit could arguably be "jumping over" the technical obstacle used by every valid burner, thus violating the new DMCA law.
In that way it just takes one judge to make those open source burners illegal.
As an anoymous coward said:
>Ever heard of SCMS? It's a flip-bit copy/no-copy system implemented on DAT and MiniDisc. It is the direct result of the Audio Home Recording Act, and certainly illegal to bypass under the DMCA.
>
>I think the intent is that a system is "effective" if it's widely used (such as with Macrovision, also DMCA protected), not that it's good. Obviously the widely used part is a problem with standard red book CDs.
So this could be an attempt to make respect for the bit widely used.
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I mean, if a song is encoded in such a way that it has a "security bit" turned on (say, uh, bit 1 turned on means "copyrighted") and all the commercial burning software "respects" this convention, then either Nero has to refuse to burn as well or it's "circumventing a technology intended to protect copyright" and becomes illegal.
Or am I missing something?
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Ok I can't do it any more. I'm afraid I'll summon that energizer bunny.
Sleep time.
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once?
twice?
three times?
four times?
five times?
six times?
or do you want the palm pilot version?
I mean, yeah. You can make cases out of cool stuff. I guess the reason I'm pissed is cuz people are submitting real important items and they're getting rejected.
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Big companies are so good at getting their legal department to draft a serious-we-mean-business type of letter, maybe the FSF (or someone else) could write up a couple letters to send to companies when they violate the GPL.
This isn't the first time it's happened, and won't be the last. It would be nice to be able to clear it up as quickly as possible.
Ooh- Idea for site-- a GPL Violation site. Where you can choose from several different letters (by selecting tone, what clause has been violated, whether this is the first time they've done this) etc. Also, people could use it to exchange info about GPL enforcement issues & stuff.
Just a thought,
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I know this is one of those big words everyone likes to use on slashdot (along with "obfuscate" and a few others), but since this is a thread on education, I hope you'll forgive me.
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obviate
v. tr. obviated, obviating, obviates.
To anticipate and dispose of effectively; render unnecessary.
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Maybe you meant "illustrates" or "highlights" or "illuminates"?
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That game was indeed awesome. Definately the best combat-style game for the II series.
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Take some code, say the tinest known CSS descrambler in C. Maybe compress it into a nice tight zip/.gz binary. Now convert it to a DNA sequence (It seems you could actually make a couple possible sequences by switching around the letters) I wonder what the odds are of finding one of these sequences in the billions of combinations currently being sequenced? W
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This Networked MAME thing sounds fun.
Top 10 Games For Networked MAME Off The Top Of My Head
10. ASTROIDS DELUXE
9. ARKANOID (that was 2 players, right?)
8. QIX
7. SMASH TV
6. KARATE CHAMP
5. MARIO BROS.
4. RAMPAGE
3. COMBAT
2. GAUNTLET 2
and...
1. PONG
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This is pretty funny.
Now...who wants to create a css plugin for my email client so I can use it to legitimately protect my copyrighted correspondence (say, samples of my bad poetry) to select friends? That way, I can legally have decss to UNencrypt my own messages. Or is there some rule that ONLY the MPAA can use CSS? W
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I know Deja has long offered posts going back to 95, but how I long for the pre-spam golden era of the late 80s...
Is it archived anywhere or is it gone forever?
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