It would be good to start a "piracy day" unofficially (like "420 day") and have large piracy gatherings where we share massive amounts of material over sneakernet and introduce the piracy-curious to the wonders of de-restricted digital goods.
So the straightforward, descriptive name "Digital Restrictions Management" confuses you, but the sugared-up Orwellian name "Digital Rights Management" doesn't? o_O
Why do you make an exception for Steam? It's just another DRM scheme. Stop making this exception, it's funding a company that uses DRM like any other. In fact it is funding the inventor of always-online DRM lest you forget.
Every day's been DRM-free day for me for...probably over a decade now.
- When a doctor is sharing your medical information to another doctor, wouldn't you want control over when/where that medical information can be viewed? Wouldn't you want it to self destruct?
- When you work under SEC rules and have to provide your financial statements to management for compliance, wouldn't you want control over where/when those can be viewed?
I would absolutely not want DRM on either of these things, it's the wrong solution. What you're looking for here is encryption.
The battery on a BT headset lasts long enough that you could go morning to night without charging it even with plenty of talking...unlike Google Glass which will run down in 5 hours with light use.
Hardly the same thing,. cell phones were seen as a cool status symbol and not nerdy at all, they were just horrifically expensive. What brought them into the mainstream was lower prices.
I don't think creationists think that evolution rules God out, or at least I don't think that's their primary or most common problem. I think their main problem is that it allows for a "creation story" without God in it. It is at least as compatible with atheism as it is with theism and that is their main problem.
This might be a worthwhile deal. Once the anti-science morons have died off, there will be no global-warming-conspiracy nuts, then all fossil energy could be phased out in just a few decades (and the technology to do it will be more mature). It might be better to abandon the short-term gains for a fast and comprehensive solution down the road than to be engaged in a long game of tug-of-war between science and idiocy with no end in sight.
A republic is where if a handful of crooked old farts want bailouts, austerity, no gun control and no legalization of gay marriage, and the majority of the population wants those things - whether it be 51%, 85% or even 99.9% - they are stuck with those things. No matter what they are.
In a democracy the majority rules. In a republic, a handful of people are elected to rule in any way they please for certain fixed periods, with the small caveat that they won't get a second chance at that unaccountable power unless they make themselves the least undesirable realistically-electable candidate.
Almost all do. And even in those that don't, it just goes under the table as dog-whistle politics (as can be seen in the gay rights/marriage debate in the US, specifically in every attempt at non-religious arguments for maintaining the status quo).
Predators and Reapers at least do transmit a satellite video feed which can be picked up from the ground (completely unencrypted, last I heard). So yeah that's one "radio warning sign" that could be worth looking out for. A computer with a TV-tuner-based SDR could detect it. Even if they encrypt the feed, it would be worth knowing about any new satellite video signals that suddenly show up.
I think the person trying to sell these "Drone Shields" should be tried before the Supreme Court
Why? He's done nothing illegal, and certainly nothing as immoral as selling or running tech that can only profitably be used for warfare and surveillance.
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That's ceiling cat, nyan cat just flies through space shitting rainbows.
Yes I'll just have to get some money from the ATM machine.
It would be good to start a "piracy day" unofficially (like "420 day") and have large piracy gatherings where we share massive amounts of material over sneakernet and introduce the piracy-curious to the wonders of de-restricted digital goods.
So the straightforward, descriptive name "Digital Restrictions Management" confuses you, but the sugared-up Orwellian name "Digital Rights Management" doesn't? o_O
Why do you make an exception for Steam? It's just another DRM scheme. Stop making this exception, it's funding a company that uses DRM like any other. In fact it is funding the inventor of always-online DRM lest you forget.
Every day's been DRM-free day for me for...probably over a decade now.
No exceptions.
- When a doctor is sharing your medical information to another doctor, wouldn't you want control over when/where that medical information can be viewed? Wouldn't you want it to self destruct?
- When you work under SEC rules and have to provide your financial statements to management for compliance, wouldn't you want control over where/when those can be viewed?
I would absolutely not want DRM on either of these things, it's the wrong solution. What you're looking for here is encryption.
What!? No, the DRM-free lifestyle is great, you become the millionaire playboy of the digital world!
Arr matey, grab yer torrent client and come aboard!
Only true for some cars made in the last few years.
Good thing new cars are heavy and ugly as hell or I'd be really upset about it.
A Segway could be better than a car for driving indoors.
When people are cyborgs who can share pictures, video and audio of their memories then your argument won't be ridiculous.
The battery on a BT headset lasts long enough that you could go morning to night without charging it even with plenty of talking...unlike Google Glass which will run down in 5 hours with light use.
Hardly the same thing,. cell phones were seen as a cool status symbol and not nerdy at all, they were just horrifically expensive. What brought them into the mainstream was lower prices.
The average joes just get dumbed-down knockoffs of the nerds' tools, which then either become a niche product or a historical footnote.
Programming languages, virtual reality, wearable computers, CLI interfaces.
I'd say "handheld computers that aren't curated toys" if it were 15 years...
I don't think creationists think that evolution rules God out, or at least I don't think that's their primary or most common problem. I think their main problem is that it allows for a "creation story" without God in it. It is at least as compatible with atheism as it is with theism and that is their main problem.
This might be a worthwhile deal. Once the anti-science morons have died off, there will be no global-warming-conspiracy nuts, then all fossil energy could be phased out in just a few decades (and the technology to do it will be more mature). It might be better to abandon the short-term gains for a fast and comprehensive solution down the road than to be engaged in a long game of tug-of-war between science and idiocy with no end in sight.
A republic is where if a handful of crooked old farts want bailouts, austerity, no gun control and no legalization of gay marriage, and the majority of the population wants those things - whether it be 51%, 85% or even 99.9% - they are stuck with those things. No matter what they are.
In a democracy the majority rules. In a republic, a handful of people are elected to rule in any way they please for certain fixed periods, with the small caveat that they won't get a second chance at that unaccountable power unless they make themselves the least undesirable realistically-electable candidate.
Better to stay safe with oligarchy.
I've seen people use this argument with a straight face. They argue that oligarchy's stability makes it a very desirable form of government.
I kind of wish you were right...but you're definitely not. Stupidity is not weakness and intelligence is not strength.
Almost all do. And even in those that don't, it just goes under the table as dog-whistle politics (as can be seen in the gay rights/marriage debate in the US, specifically in every attempt at non-religious arguments for maintaining the status quo).
Predators and Reapers at least do transmit a satellite video feed which can be picked up from the ground (completely unencrypted, last I heard). So yeah that's one "radio warning sign" that could be worth looking out for. A computer with a TV-tuner-based SDR could detect it. Even if they encrypt the feed, it would be worth knowing about any new satellite video signals that suddenly show up.
A radar detector can protect you from speeding tickets. A laser detector...not so much.
I think the person trying to sell these "Drone Shields" should be tried before the Supreme Court
Why? He's done nothing illegal, and certainly nothing as immoral as selling or running tech that can only profitably be used for warfare and surveillance.
You're worried that drones would allow them perfect enforcement of laws? How is this a bad thing exactly?
Because the laws are not perfect....far, far from perfect.
How about some kind of Diet Coke and Mentos bomb? That's a mechanical reaction rather than a chemical one.