A week after the album's release, the official Nine Inch Nails site reported over 750,000 purchase and download transactions, amassing over US$1.6 million in sales. Pre-orders of the $300 "Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition" sold out in less than three days of its release.
It would have to be one hell of an expensive subscription to bring in the kind of revenue the other desktop applications Microsoft produces, especially server side stuff.
someone make copyrighted spyware/adware and spread it about and then start suing people just so this BS precedent can be struck down before the MAFIAA has a chance to use it to their advantage.
Mobile device + Linux + Adeona == cheap way to keep tabs on your girlfriend/wife/kids at all times?
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Heh, another interesting dichotomy between Microsoft and Linux. I debug Vista using a kernel debugger for Microsoft; they seem to rely on it rather heavily.
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Also, blame Microsoft for not releasing the technical specs behind the FS. Reverse-engineering a filesystem (especially one that MS likes to change often) isn't exactly easy.
Finally, you can always reformat "larger USB drives" into a FS that's more efficient (ext3, reiserfs).
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If I'm understanding correctly, I believe they're talking about a mode in which you can debug kernel level events. You have a client PC (the debuggee) and the server PC (the debugger). They're usually connected over a serial cable.
I don't think many of us want to disband the police force. I think we just expect them to adhere to the whole "innocent until proven guilty without a reasonable doubt" instead of the quite opposite. Oh, and to not have the police work for corporations. I don't think many people even in the general public would have a problem with either of those points.
There are some rumors out there that say that because this bill doesn't provide immunity from criminal charges, Obama is actually planning on going after the the administration and the telecoms after he gets into office. Of course, that's not much of a guarantee at this point...
If the good things were truly worth keeping, they could've been brought up in a separate piece of legislation. Bad laws harm the country, its peoples and its reputation in the world far more than good laws ever help. Privacy and freedom is not something one should be willing to give up for some "good laws". But maybe I'm not a true patriot...
This is probably the best news I've heard all day. If Big Brother law gets struck down, Sweden definitely goes back on the list of countries that I can move to, especially the current FISA situation in the US.
It's good to know people aren't sitting back and are actually protesting this law in person. Americans could probably learn something from that... Google checking out of the country definitely packs a punch too, even if there isn't much of an economic impact.
free speech. If you host it on your own server, you have to abide by the laws of your municipality/state/country. So, if they don't like what you have to say, you're reprimanded, which can be anything from getting shut down to getting thrown into prison (America) to getting executed (Iran). One can say that you can always "buy" your country... till some other country drops a bomb on you/cuts off all food/electricity/internet because they don't like what you're saying (or showing).
Bad laws often use a scapegoat to justify their existence. Another example would be the recent laws that violate the privacy of Americans to fight against "Pedophiles and Terrorists".
A bad law is a bad law is a bad law.
FUCK?! Do the people that make laws have absolutely ANY idea how the internet works and is used? Are they even living on the same planet as the rest of us? Jesus. Fucking. Christ.
Comparing digital data to real life objects? Seriously? Hasn't this been pounded into the ground by now?
Until mass replicators become feasible and cheap, this isn't the same thing. You aren't copying the content then deleting the original copy (essentially what stealing in real life is).
Torrentspy should just put up a giant red label on their site that reads: "If you're American, please don't download from us. Your stupid government is making us track you. Go to such-and-such site instead."
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Crazy bitch.
A week after the album's release, the official Nine Inch Nails site reported over 750,000 purchase and download transactions, amassing over US$1.6 million in sales. Pre-orders of the $300 "Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition" sold out in less than three days of its release.
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protecting the identities of [...] law enforcement and military personnel.
Funny, I don't remember LEA/military personnel actively trying to protect OUR privacy lately. One wonders why we shouldn't do the same for them.
It would have to be one hell of an expensive subscription to bring in the kind of revenue the other desktop applications Microsoft produces, especially server side stuff.
Submitted a former employer? Man, takes 'disgruntled employee' to a whole new level. It's almost like turning in your ex-gf/bf to the MAFIAA.
someone make copyrighted spyware/adware and spread it about and then start suing people just so this BS precedent can be struck down before the MAFIAA has a chance to use it to their advantage.
Mobile device + Linux + Adeona == cheap way to keep tabs on your girlfriend/wife/kids at all times?
Heh, another interesting dichotomy between Microsoft and Linux. I debug Vista using a kernel debugger for Microsoft; they seem to rely on it rather heavily.
Try NTFS-3G.
Also, blame Microsoft for not releasing the technical specs behind the FS. Reverse-engineering a filesystem (especially one that MS likes to change often) isn't exactly easy.
Finally, you can always reformat "larger USB drives" into a FS that's more efficient (ext3, reiserfs).
If I'm understanding correctly, I believe they're talking about a mode in which you can debug kernel level events. You have a client PC (the debuggee) and the server PC (the debugger). They're usually connected over a serial cable.
I don't think many of us want to disband the police force. I think we just expect them to adhere to the whole "innocent until proven guilty without a reasonable doubt" instead of the quite opposite. Oh, and to not have the police work for corporations. I don't think many people even in the general public would have a problem with either of those points.
There are some rumors out there that say that because this bill doesn't provide immunity from criminal charges, Obama is actually planning on going after the the administration and the telecoms after he gets into office. Of course, that's not much of a guarantee at this point...
FISA vs. Jack Thompson and SafeNet... I'm not sure whether to cry or laugh...
If it does, I'm sure he'll be given retroactive legal immunity for it.
If the good things were truly worth keeping, they could've been brought up in a separate piece of legislation. Bad laws harm the country, its peoples and its reputation in the world far more than good laws ever help. Privacy and freedom is not something one should be willing to give up for some "good laws". But maybe I'm not a true patriot...
This is probably the best news I've heard all day. If Big Brother law gets struck down, Sweden definitely goes back on the list of countries that I can move to, especially the current FISA situation in the US.
It's good to know people aren't sitting back and are actually protesting this law in person. Americans could probably learn something from that... Google checking out of the country definitely packs a punch too, even if there isn't much of an economic impact.
free speech. If you host it on your own server, you have to abide by the laws of your municipality/state/country. So, if they don't like what you have to say, you're reprimanded, which can be anything from getting shut down to getting thrown into prison (America) to getting executed (Iran). One can say that you can always "buy" your country... till some other country drops a bomb on you/cuts off all food/electricity/internet because they don't like what you're saying (or showing).
Bad laws often use a scapegoat to justify their existence. Another example would be the recent laws that violate the privacy of Americans to fight against "Pedophiles and Terrorists". A bad law is a bad law is a bad law.
FUCK?! Do the people that make laws have absolutely ANY idea how the internet works and is used? Are they even living on the same planet as the rest of us? Jesus. Fucking. Christ.
Comparing digital data to real life objects? Seriously? Hasn't this been pounded into the ground by now? Until mass replicators become feasible and cheap, this isn't the same thing. You aren't copying the content then deleting the original copy (essentially what stealing in real life is).
4,000*30 = 120,000
Perhaps the goal should be to make the visual system BETTER than ours?
Torrentspy should just put up a giant red label on their site that reads: "If you're American, please don't download from us. Your stupid government is making us track you. Go to such-and-such site instead."