That's awesome. While I will be the first to testify to the brilliance of his music, I have to say that no one can title a tune like he can. Obscure computing references, the "nonsense" titles from drukqs (sp?)...
Hm. You appear to have enough karma to have a +1 Bonus, which is one of my all-time favorite things. IAC, it should allow you to post things late and still get enough impressions to get modded up.
Seriously, what was the purpose in cancelling accounts again?
I got a friendly email directing me to a URL, at which point I spent 42 seconds clicking "no thanks" and went about my business. Total sweat off my ass: none.
In the end, I've always been happy with my Yahoo service (== slackware mailing list), and while their initial behavior in this case was questionable, they responded well. I will be keeping my Yahoo account for the foreseeable future.
One note: when I first signed up for Yahoo, they told me "tps12" was taken, so I am "tps12tps12" (yeah, message me, and support Gaim). I have had "tps12" on my buddy list forever, and never seen hide nor hair. Anyone know how much inactivity it takes before a Yahoo username returns to "the pool"?
This makes a lot of sense. It seems like base installs can be pared down quite a bit. Is there any reason to have any shells installed? A web server shouldn't need them (not saying they aren't incredibly useful, but they might not be necessary).
Man, if ever there was a musician who deserves the geek limelight (geeklight?), it is AFX. Not only does he hack his instruments and work primarily (solely?) with homebrewed samples, but he has a fucking tank.
I know the slashbot line is going to be anti-BigCorp (in this case, Adobe), but I'm going to suggest an alternative. Hope it doesn't cause too many ulcers out there in slashdot land.;)
I advocate tough love. If this behavior continues, one of the following three things will happen.
Users will get fed up with sneaky nigh-spy ware and vote with their wallets against these tactics.
Users will get fed up with OS's that don't wrap devices with permissions to prevent these types of activities and vote with their wallets against such insecure OS's.
Users will remain happy and ignorant, Adobe will get advertising money, and their products' (and competing products') prices will drop, benefitting everyone, those in and out of the know alike.
All of these are acceptable in my opinion, so I'm not going to sweat it.
The lawyers could argue that it is kind of an admission of guilt.
IANAL, but it seems to me that that would be circumstancial evidence at best, and not damning except as part of a bunch of other similar "evidence." Definitely not a smoking gun, IAC.
If it were an admission of guilt, there'd be a catch-22 situation, whereby a company is either guilty of tacitly condoning P2P sharing, or they are admitting guilt by explicitly banning such activity.
I recall my task for a full week (several years ago) was analyzing Napster's network traffic and discovering exactly which ports needed to be allowed through the firewall in order to let the boss download Frank Zappa.
Note that I use the noseless smiley, which is unencumbered by trademarks. I recommend you do the same. To convert all your legacy smileys, try out Denoser.
It might be a big upfront cost, but if you can scrape the money together I'd say it's time for a countersuit. Although IANAL, it appears to me that this is a case you cannot lose. So think of the legal fees as a sound investment.
Even if you can't afford it, a public defender should suffice to clear you of these absurd charges.
Wow, even the name "PanIP" repulses me. Literally, it's "all intellectual property" or something. I don't even want to imagine what the people who own this company are like. Not the type you'd invite over to watch the game, that's for sure.
It has always seemed that offices are among the more unhealthy places to work. I'm sure part of the reason that such deadly bacteria flourish is from being fed by fluorescent lights. The bathroom presumably has its lights off most of the day. Also, bathrooms are probably cleaned more frequently and more thoroughly since they tend to be more, er, visibly dirty.
This is why I don't lick my keyboard.;)
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Congress had nothing to do with passing the DMCA.
Okay, I understand what you are trying to suggest, but by definition Congress did indeed have everything to do with passing the DMCA.
Still, you are misplacing blame. As a rational, capitalist organization, the $x$yAA will buy legislation as long as it is for sale. Even if you hunted down its members, every other industry group will do the same. Your task will be complete when you have destroyed all industry.
The correct approach is to either force Congress to be "good" (easier said than done), or to remove Congress's power altogether. The federal government is too big to meet the needs of its subjects, and now serves only to extend its own influence.
States and local governments need to pass anti-DMCA laws that nullify the DMCA as permitted by the 10th Amendment. The federal government is seizing power not granted it by the Constitution. Attacking the MPAA and RIAA is a waste of time.
Oh, and even Congress isn't comparable to National Socialism.
Hm. My first reaction is that it is already here. The concept of an Internet alter-ego who is in some senses "more real" than its real-life counterpart is immediately recognizable on todays global network. Moreover, the memetic behaviors portrayed in SEL are familiar as well. All we're missing is the pseudo-AI voice interface, which wasn't even all that convincing in the series. Nanotech drugs won't be far off either.
OTOH (devil's advocate here >:) the Navi and the Wired are a little too present-day, it seems. The concept of the PC as communications tool, basically a box with a screen, is still there. I think we might be headed more towards the kind of ubiquitous computing common in lots of other series. Namely, connectivity through built-in or wearable devices, with interfaces that are largely subconscious or learned from early childhood.
What a great time to be a computer enthusiast.
Hehe, just thought of something...once bionics gets more widespread, case mods are going to get way scary.
The MPAA/RIAA have not killed 6 million people, but they are commiting a crime against humanity.
Sorry, not buying it. The (MP|RI)AA is an industry group with no authority over anything. They lobby Congress, but that's it. The Nazi party was a government lead by an all-powerful dictator. Industry groups can whine all they want, they are still not going to send stormtroopers to my house. If you are looking for evil and crimes against humanity, Congress is the bad guy if and when it bows to the requests of the industry groups.
At first blush, this is scary. I thought, "You mean limiting speech is okay as long as it's not 'overly broad'?" But then I reconsidered.
Before you mod me down, read what I have to say. True, it deviates from the standard sheepbot formula, but I'm trying to reason through this objectively.
First, our right to speech is granted (i.e., it is not presumed) by the Constitution, a document that has weathered the test of time and provided the foundation for the civilized modern world. Therefore, this speech is colored by the other contents of the Constitution, including the possibility of limiting "Such Speach as may be Found Hurtful to the Citizens of the Nation." I think this falls into the "hurtful" category pretty clearly.
I'm not going to argue against this. Our children are too precious to sacrifice them at the altar of free speech.
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No, there is no "evidence" for this claim. By comparing media conglomerates to Nazis, you trivialize the horrors of the Holocaust. It is not even an issue of degree; there is simply no context in which fighting file-sharing can be likened to genocide.
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The Diamond Age is sweet. Mmm, free synthetic sushi...
Don't take this article at face value.
That way you can have more than one version installed, and symlink /app/perl (ie. current) to /app/perl-x.y.z
What's wrong with /usr/local/perl -> /usr/local/perl-x.y.z ?
That's awesome. While I will be the first to testify to the brilliance of his music, I have to say that no one can title a tune like he can. Obscure computing references, the "nonsense" titles from drukqs (sp?)...
And either way, please post links!
Hello? Would you buy a VCR without a "FF" button?
I thought that companies generally tried to research their markets before introducing new products...
...to watch the proceedings online?
But, better late than never, I s'pose.
I got a friendly email directing me to a URL, at which point I spent 42 seconds clicking "no thanks" and went about my business. Total sweat off my ass: none.
In the end, I've always been happy with my Yahoo service (== slackware mailing list), and while their initial behavior in this case was questionable, they responded well. I will be keeping my Yahoo account for the foreseeable future.
One note: when I first signed up for Yahoo, they told me "tps12" was taken, so I am "tps12tps12" (yeah, message me, and support Gaim). I have had "tps12" on my buddy list forever, and never seen hide nor hair. Anyone know how much inactivity it takes before a Yahoo username returns to "the pool"?
This makes a lot of sense. It seems like base installs can be pared down quite a bit. Is there any reason to have any shells installed? A web server shouldn't need them (not saying they aren't incredibly useful, but they might not be necessary).
Also, his music is amazing.
I advocate tough love. If this behavior continues, one of the following three things will happen.
All of these are acceptable in my opinion, so I'm not going to sweat it.
IANAL, but it seems to me that that would be circumstancial evidence at best, and not damning except as part of a bunch of other similar "evidence." Definitely not a smoking gun, IAC.
If it were an admission of guilt, there'd be a catch-22 situation, whereby a company is either guilty of tacitly condoning P2P sharing, or they are admitting guilt by explicitly banning such activity.
That sounds more like an afternoon's work to me.
Note that I use the noseless smiley, which is unencumbered by trademarks. I recommend you do the same. To convert all your legacy smileys, try out Denoser.
Is this true?
I guess it's sad that I even have to ask...
:(
Even if you can't afford it, a public defender should suffice to clear you of these absurd charges.
Wow, even the name "PanIP" repulses me. Literally, it's "all intellectual property" or something. I don't even want to imagine what the people who own this company are like. Not the type you'd invite over to watch the game, that's for sure.
Take off every law. For great justice.
This is why I don't lick my keyboard. ;)
Okay, I understand what you are trying to suggest, but by definition Congress did indeed have everything to do with passing the DMCA.
Still, you are misplacing blame. As a rational, capitalist organization, the $x$yAA will buy legislation as long as it is for sale. Even if you hunted down its members, every other industry group will do the same. Your task will be complete when you have destroyed all industry.
The correct approach is to either force Congress to be "good" (easier said than done), or to remove Congress's power altogether. The federal government is too big to meet the needs of its subjects, and now serves only to extend its own influence.
States and local governments need to pass anti-DMCA laws that nullify the DMCA as permitted by the 10th Amendment. The federal government is seizing power not granted it by the Constitution. Attacking the MPAA and RIAA is a waste of time.
Oh, and even Congress isn't comparable to National Socialism.
;)
That would make me vowel-free.
:(
OTOH (devil's advocate here >:) the Navi and the Wired are a little too present-day, it seems. The concept of the PC as communications tool, basically a box with a screen, is still there. I think we might be headed more towards the kind of ubiquitous computing common in lots of other series. Namely, connectivity through built-in or wearable devices, with interfaces that are largely subconscious or learned from early childhood.
What a great time to be a computer enthusiast.
Hehe, just thought of something...once bionics gets more widespread, case mods are going to get way scary.
Sorry, not buying it. The (MP|RI)AA is an industry group with no authority over anything. They lobby Congress, but that's it. The Nazi party was a government lead by an all-powerful dictator. Industry groups can whine all they want, they are still not going to send stormtroopers to my house. If you are looking for evil and crimes against humanity, Congress is the bad guy if and when it bows to the requests of the industry groups.
Before you mod me down, read what I have to say. True, it deviates from the standard sheepbot formula, but I'm trying to reason through this objectively.
First, our right to speech is granted (i.e., it is not presumed) by the Constitution, a document that has weathered the test of time and provided the foundation for the civilized modern world. Therefore, this speech is colored by the other contents of the Constitution, including the possibility of limiting "Such Speach as may be Found Hurtful to the Citizens of the Nation." I think this falls into the "hurtful" category pretty clearly.
I'm not going to argue against this. Our children are too precious to sacrifice them at the altar of free speech.
No, there is no "evidence" for this claim. By comparing media conglomerates to Nazis, you trivialize the horrors of the Holocaust. It is not even an issue of degree; there is simply no context in which fighting file-sharing can be likened to genocide.