You are confusing TCP/IP with the term "public internet". The protocol is different to the concept. Public interconnected networks, no matter the protocol, seem to fall under this FCC Policy.
On top of this, if you are serving up TCP/IP packets to the user but the technology in between is not TCP/IP, well, there is no difference as far as the user's perception. Add to this that interception of traffic goes against laws (at least where I live it is), and you've got a very strong case for knocking down any interference in the service.
I've had a phone company here in Australia try to claim that internet traffic on a phone isn't internet traffic and therefore they didn't need to update the usage meter under ACMA (Australian Communications & Media Authority) regulations. After a year of the TIO (Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman) investigating I was advised I wasn't liable for the charges that were acrued due to their meter not updating. Their case of "it's data not internet" didn't wash. I'd like to see how a case like this goes in the US where you don't have consumer protection like we do in Australia.
And no, I didn't have to pay any legal fees, or even turn up to any court hearings. The TIO investigates and refers the matter to the ACMA for enforcement. The company that did this was not only told to fix the usage meter, they were charged a minimum of AU$1500 for the case going to a level 3 investigation (which was much more than the amount they would have received from me).
He was also on Q&A (another show like Insight, but on ABC http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/) last week saying the same thing. Pretty much he's merely using this to support his denial that the list leaked was a real list.
He even states the list is only 1300 sites big, rather than the 1600 that ACMA state. Pretty much it's not a backdown so much as a side step.
If it's US shows you haven't learnt English, you've learnt American. Vastly different dialects...
American branched at Middle-English rather than Modern-English, which causes some major issues with people attempting to learn English but being taught by an American.
I tend to agree with this. I did, once upon a time upgrade my Windows machines regularly, but now it's more of a wait-until-there-is-a-new-generation-and-upgrade sort of game. I don't know anyone who upgrades their machines anymore.
I've had non-techies ask me about upgrading, most of the time I say "well, you can't do X because you don't have Y, and it's actually more expensive to get components that are compatable with Z". The only retailers or wholesalers that have older components have hung on to them to jack the prices up for business' that are running outdated machines.
I bought a Mac Mini recently for my 2nd screen because I wanted a machine just for mail, web and music. It sits there on my desk, doing it's job and not skipping a beat. Sure it cost a little more than other machines (about AU$200), but I know I won't have to screw around all the time with it like I have had to with cheap Windows machines (they have a tendancy to have components die at inopportune times). I'm never going to have to upgrade it, never going to have to fuck around with it, just leave it there and let it do it's job. Plus, it can fit ON my desk rather than taking up room under my desk where, you know, my legs should be.
You seem to kneejerk a comment by another poster and expect to not get told you're a sockpuppet.
Seriously, it has nothing to do with not wanting musicians to get paid, it has EVERYTHING to do with bringing law suits against your BIGGEST FANS. This is exactly why no one around here respects posters who are pro-**AA or pro-drm, you miss the point and shoot your mouth off.
PS: I am not the previous AC, just can't stand seeing idiotic statements like yours.
Serial keys are an improvement over more draconian DRM, but it is still DRM.
Oh come on, this is just too far. I am as anti-DRM as anybody, but lumping serial numbers in the same basket as securom or other invasive technologies is just total bullshit.
Next you'll be saying that being required to have a disc in the drive is DRM. Or having to have a computer to play the game is DRM.
While EA is a pile of crap, we all know this, we are also seeing a change happen - the biggest selling game of all time removes DRM in favour of simple serials, what more can you ask for?
...the computer side of it is written a lot by grad students and others without any formal CS training. Bugs pop up.
I really don't think that's a valid statement. Bugs pop up in anything, CS trained or not. In fact, some of the best coders I've come across have been untrained.
Arrogance like that is a reason why there are bugs in programs...
Other than the horrid performance, over zealous protection and general difficulty in doing anything that a previous version does... no, nothing wrong with it at all.
You're not seeing the forest for the trees mate, Vista was a MISTAKE, and MS are admitting it by releasing 7. Look at timelines, service packs, etc, all stinks of Vista SP2, rather than 7.
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Woosh!
All I saw was (-1 blah blah blah)
You are confusing TCP/IP with the term "public internet". The protocol is different to the concept. Public interconnected networks, no matter the protocol, seem to fall under this FCC Policy.
On top of this, if you are serving up TCP/IP packets to the user but the technology in between is not TCP/IP, well, there is no difference as far as the user's perception. Add to this that interception of traffic goes against laws (at least where I live it is), and you've got a very strong case for knocking down any interference in the service.
I've had a phone company here in Australia try to claim that internet traffic on a phone isn't internet traffic and therefore they didn't need to update the usage meter under ACMA (Australian Communications & Media Authority) regulations. After a year of the TIO (Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman) investigating I was advised I wasn't liable for the charges that were acrued due to their meter not updating. Their case of "it's data not internet" didn't wash. I'd like to see how a case like this goes in the US where you don't have consumer protection like we do in Australia.
And no, I didn't have to pay any legal fees, or even turn up to any court hearings. The TIO investigates and refers the matter to the ACMA for enforcement. The company that did this was not only told to fix the usage meter, they were charged a minimum of AU$1500 for the case going to a level 3 investigation (which was much more than the amount they would have received from me).
You have faith in humanity?
mmm... golden gaytimes...
He was also on Q&A (another show like Insight, but on ABC http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/) last week saying the same thing. Pretty much he's merely using this to support his denial that the list leaked was a real list.
He even states the list is only 1300 sites big, rather than the 1600 that ACMA state. Pretty much it's not a backdown so much as a side step.
Chink in the armour, but not the beast defeated.
probably not, but goatse.ie really doesn't have the same ring to it.
If it's US shows you haven't learnt English, you've learnt American. Vastly different dialects...
American branched at Middle-English rather than Modern-English, which causes some major issues with people attempting to learn English but being taught by an American.
I tend to agree with this. I did, once upon a time upgrade my Windows machines regularly, but now it's more of a wait-until-there-is-a-new-generation-and-upgrade sort of game. I don't know anyone who upgrades their machines anymore.
I've had non-techies ask me about upgrading, most of the time I say "well, you can't do X because you don't have Y, and it's actually more expensive to get components that are compatable with Z". The only retailers or wholesalers that have older components have hung on to them to jack the prices up for business' that are running outdated machines.
I bought a Mac Mini recently for my 2nd screen because I wanted a machine just for mail, web and music. It sits there on my desk, doing it's job and not skipping a beat. Sure it cost a little more than other machines (about AU$200), but I know I won't have to screw around all the time with it like I have had to with cheap Windows machines (they have a tendancy to have components die at inopportune times). I'm never going to have to upgrade it, never going to have to fuck around with it, just leave it there and let it do it's job. Plus, it can fit ON my desk rather than taking up room under my desk where, you know, my legs should be.
You sure come across like it.
You seem to kneejerk a comment by another poster and expect to not get told you're a sockpuppet.
Seriously, it has nothing to do with not wanting musicians to get paid, it has EVERYTHING to do with bringing law suits against your BIGGEST FANS. This is exactly why no one around here respects posters who are pro-**AA or pro-drm, you miss the point and shoot your mouth off.
PS: I am not the previous AC, just can't stand seeing idiotic statements like yours.
Serial keys are an improvement over more draconian DRM, but it is still DRM.
Oh come on, this is just too far. I am as anti-DRM as anybody, but lumping serial numbers in the same basket as securom or other invasive technologies is just total bullshit.
Next you'll be saying that being required to have a disc in the drive is DRM. Or having to have a computer to play the game is DRM.
While EA is a pile of crap, we all know this, we are also seeing a change happen - the biggest selling game of all time removes DRM in favour of simple serials, what more can you ask for?
No, Filefront is/was as bad as fileplanet. Both used to be great, but then they got greedy.
I'd prefer to torrent stuff than use these sites.
Oh, we've met, we don't get along, but we've met.
Bravo, you have out-trolled a troll. Sir, I tip my hat to you.
They can never win by fighting you...
Please order a special dialing wand by mashing the keypad.
...the computer side of it is written a lot by grad students and others without any formal CS training. Bugs pop up.
I really don't think that's a valid statement. Bugs pop up in anything, CS trained or not. In fact, some of the best coders I've come across have been untrained.
Arrogance like that is a reason why there are bugs in programs...
...police actually shooting the guns as a warning or to incapacitate...
[Citation Needed]
No, he/she seems to like just talking out of their arse... maybe too much exposure to things like goatse.
There's a single player non-versus game in L4D?
There is nothing seriously wrong with Vista...
Other than the horrid performance, over zealous protection and general difficulty in doing anything that a previous version does... no, nothing wrong with it at all.
You're not seeing the forest for the trees mate, Vista was a MISTAKE, and MS are admitting it by releasing 7. Look at timelines, service packs, etc, all stinks of Vista SP2, rather than 7.
That was my thoughts exactly, he/she got modded insightful for wank.
No, you don't burn crops, you burn what is grown on land that could be used for crops driving the price of food up in 3rd world countries.
Biodiesel is the bane of every food aid agency in the world.
yes, but it's a sony...
I demand executions... of that bald wanker and the arrogant french fuck. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!