It's a great intro document that allows you to translate all of the habits you've picked up from Word/OOWriter in LaTeX commands. I don't write reports without it.
At least for things not done in person. With a credit card you can simply call your company and contest the charges. Maybe enough people doing that will send a message.
I think I've been reading too much about this stuff lately, but I have a hard time believing that the US Government would do anything that so explicitly hurts corporations without providing overwhelming benefit to citizens. It's clear that privacy is important to people, but copyright isn't a huge deal in everyday life.
I guess I just don't have the energy to help reinstate a government "of the people, for the people, and by the people" because it would have to be done from without, not within. Don't allow politicians to accept donations from anyone/thing that doesn't have a right to vote. The barriers of entry to this system, like so many other things, prevent really new ideas from coming into it.
I have an older Handspring Visor, the advanced version of the built in calculator seems like it would do what you want it to. Under the "Logic" setting you can do all sorts of base conversions, as well as Logical Right and Left shifts.
Granted getting a Palm just for use as a calculator is a bit much, but I figure most geeks have one anyway.
I'm impressed that Napster is still trying. Their service now blows, and almost all of their users have jumped ship. Even more are gonna jump ship when they start to charge money.
Then again, who's gonna pay money for a service that doesn't do anything.
1. The MPAA doesn't seem to make any distinction between source code and executable programs. Just having the DeCSS code doesn't allow you to do anything. You must compile it and then run the created program.
2. How about throwing the "digital crowbar" idea back at the MPAA. Crowbars are used to get into containers when other means aren't available.
Say you have a locked box and no key, it's ok to use a crowbar to get at what's inside of the box. That's exactly what DeCSS does. The 'box' (DVD) is 'locked' (encrypted), and you don't have a 'key' (authorized viewer), so you use your 'crowbar' (DeCSS) to get at what's inside (movie).
That's what I've found. Fortunately for me, Massachusetts has an online form. It's very simple, at least for those who are eligible for the EZ form. All I had to do was fill in the numbers (rounded to the nearest dollar) in the specific boxes. Piece of cake.
I was really disappointed to find that the IRS didn't have something similar. I was also just very disappointed in the IRS website. It doesn't really jump out at you that it's a government site. At first glance it looks like a magazine or something, called "The Digital Daily", though upon closer inspection of the banner, you can see that it does belong to the IRS.
Do you remember CyberSmith? It was on Church St. near the movie theater.
I remember going there and getting on the Internet back in early '95, before most people had even heard of it. Hard to believe that was only 6 years ago.
That place was cool, they had web terminals, and computer games, and a VR game (heh, VR).
First off, ICANN rulings should be binding, often times they suck, but what's the point if they aren't binding?
Second, the fact that Right Sports can't even use the word referee as a directory name is so blatantly horrible I can't find the words.
Lastly, Referee wants institute a fine, for redirecting people from ereferee.com to officiating.com. Basically, they want Right Sports to be fined for making use of a domain name that they still own. All they are doing is address redirection, like if a company moves to a new building, and has their mail forwarded.
Actually, the last time I used the Win version of Napster, a few months ago, there was in IM built into the client. I've only had a few people IM me, but 1 person actually asked permission before downloading stuff from my HDD. I found that very amusing.
What exactly is the difference between "data" and "audio" CDRs?
I've put music onto cheap ass no label on the back CDRs and still been able to have them play on CD player. Aside from a higher price, is there any difference?
What about the engineers that code SDMI, or Macrovision. Somebody had to actually write CSS before it could be cracked.
Just because we all agree, and have morals, doesn't mean there aren't people out there that are more than willing to take away the rights of the general public for few more 0s on their paycheck.
That would be New Releases. Since the RIAA controls most of the music that is distributed in the USA, and many parts of the world. They decide which format the latest Teeny Bopper group is going to have their music on.
Once they get the Teeny Boppers hooked on their crappy system (like they hooked them on crappy music;), they'll have the leverage to force everyone else to follow suit.
Actually, no, it's paid research. They are getting paid to do market research using these kids.
Not only are the schools supplying the company with money, but they are giving them market research which can be sold again to others. It's a great strategy if you have morals.
One would think that this wouldn't be terribly legal, but then again, one would think that reverse-engineering would be.
It hasn't happened yet, so lets make sure that it doesn't.
I'm pretty sure that this is covered in the US Constitution. You can't arrest somebody for something that they *MIGHT* do. Unless of course you can prove a conspiracy.
Yeah, unless you can prove that somebody *PLANS* to do something, you really can't touch them. (Ooooh, sorry for the bad pun.)
Here's a thought, since you are already limited to what characters a-z, 0-9, and - I think, so how about you arrange the root servers based on the name of the site, ie Slashdot, Kuro5hin, etc. That way it doesn't matter what your TLD is, DNS will still work.
Am I missing something, or is Occam right once again.
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I too enjoyed, unlike others, I set my Reality to "Suspended". Yeah some things weren't possible, like burning a CD in less than 10 seconds, but so what?
I mean the basic technology of the story, streaming media to all devices, isn't really within the realm of reality now. But hey, it's a movie.
Besides, it had some really great lines. "Bill who?", 'Do you want to change the world?' 'Not really.'
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http://lark.cc.ukans.edu/~pauljohn/software/latex4 wp.pdf
It's a great intro document that allows you to translate all of the habits you've picked up from Word/OOWriter in LaTeX commands. I don't write reports without it.
At least for things not done in person. With a credit card you can simply call your company and contest the charges. Maybe enough people doing that will send a message.
I think I've been reading too much about this stuff lately, but I have a hard time believing that the US Government would do anything that so explicitly hurts corporations without providing overwhelming benefit to citizens. It's clear that privacy is important to people, but copyright isn't a huge deal in everyday life.
I guess I just don't have the energy to help reinstate a government "of the people, for the people, and by the people" because it would have to be done from without, not within. Don't allow politicians to accept donations from anyone/thing that doesn't have a right to vote. The barriers of entry to this system, like so many other things, prevent really new ideas from coming into it.
I have an older Handspring Visor, the advanced version of the built in calculator seems like it would do what you want it to. Under the "Logic" setting you can do all sorts of base conversions, as well as Logical Right and Left shifts.
Granted getting a Palm just for use as a calculator is a bit much, but I figure most geeks have one anyway.
I'm impressed that Napster is still trying. Their service now blows, and almost all of their users have jumped ship. Even more are gonna jump ship when they start to charge money.
Then again, who's gonna pay money for a service that doesn't do anything.
2. How about throwing the "digital crowbar" idea back at the MPAA. Crowbars are used to get into containers when other means aren't available.
Say you have a locked box and no key, it's ok to use a crowbar to get at what's inside of the box. That's exactly what DeCSS does. The 'box' (DVD) is 'locked' (encrypted), and you don't have a 'key' (authorized viewer), so you use your 'crowbar' (DeCSS) to get at what's inside (movie).
I was really disappointed to find that the IRS didn't have something similar. I was also just very disappointed in the IRS website. It doesn't really jump out at you that it's a government site. At first glance it looks like a magazine or something, called "The Digital Daily", though upon closer inspection of the banner, you can see that it does belong to the IRS.
I remember going there and getting on the Internet back in early '95, before most people had even heard of it. Hard to believe that was only 6 years ago.
That place was cool, they had web terminals, and computer games, and a VR game (heh, VR).
Damn I wish I had some mod points right now. Seems like nobody else is really getting the joke. :)
I loved those sketches, that was back when SNL was still funny.
I may not know the law, but I at least know the history.
In Boston, MA, USA (Just for contrast/reference) A CD costs about the same as 15-17 bottles of soda.
is that it will hit at 2001-03-14 12:31:56
Second, the fact that Right Sports can't even use the word referee as a directory name is so blatantly horrible I can't find the words.
Lastly, Referee wants institute a fine, for redirecting people from ereferee.com to officiating.com. Basically, they want Right Sports to be fined for making use of a domain name that they still own. All they are doing is address redirection, like if a company moves to a new building, and has their mail forwarded.
Actually, the last time I used the Win version of Napster, a few months ago, there was in IM built into the client. I've only had a few people IM me, but 1 person actually asked permission before downloading stuff from my HDD. I found that very amusing.
I'm guessing you've never really listened to much Nirvana, Kurt Cobain had some really great lyrics.
I've put music onto cheap ass no label on the back CDRs and still been able to have them play on CD player. Aside from a higher price, is there any difference?
I was gonna mod this down, but decided to leave it. At least it's a creative FP.
Just because we all agree, and have morals, doesn't mean there aren't people out there that are more than willing to take away the rights of the general public for few more 0s on their paycheck.
Once they get the Teeny Boppers hooked on their crappy system (like they hooked them on crappy music ;), they'll have the leverage to force everyone else to follow suit.
Not only are the schools supplying the company with money, but they are giving them market research which can be sold again to others. It's a great strategy if you have morals.
One would think that this wouldn't be terribly legal, but then again, one would think that reverse-engineering would be.
I'm pretty sure that this is covered in the US Constitution. You can't arrest somebody for something that they *MIGHT* do. Unless of course you can prove a conspiracy.
Yeah, unless you can prove that somebody *PLANS* to do something, you really can't touch them. (Ooooh, sorry for the bad pun.)
Am I missing something, or is Occam right once again.
LOL. to the Tom Petty reference.
I too enjoyed, unlike others, I set my Reality to "Suspended". Yeah some things weren't possible, like burning a CD in less than 10 seconds, but so what?
I mean the basic technology of the story, streaming media to all devices, isn't really within the realm of reality now. But hey, it's a movie.
Besides, it had some really great lines. "Bill who?", 'Do you want to change the world?' 'Not really.'
Sounds to me like they patented the genes.