Why just the major universities and not, say, @Home? Heck, for kicks, lets go after all bandwidth providers. Or go for a court order injuncting Napster from bandwidth. That would do the trick. Ban Napster from the Net. Yup, that would take care of it.
I don't understand when the ability to watch movies at your convenience became a God given natural right. If you don't want to follow the rules, feel free to break them at your own peril. But quit whining about how the consequences for breaking the rules is a violation of a non-existant right. Your first amendment rights (for the gringos) do not allow you to steal or facilitate the theft of another individuals property, no matter how lofty the goal.
And for those of you who are jsut trying to watch the movies under Linux, tough luck. If you don't like playing by the rules set out by a proprietary industry: hack away but beware that the law of the land will probably respond more quickly than a change to the law of the land. The industry may need you as consumers and early-adopters, but that critical mass has been past already.
And if voting hasn't worked, and voting with your wallet hasn't worked, you may be on the wrong side of the argument for the dumbed down mass audience. But honestly: did you vote last go round? Did you stop financing the MPAA? You have got to do better than a t-shirt and ascii art before "heavily-biased-in-favor-of-industry" legal system is going to see it your way.
This type of protest has one loser: the public at large. This is just the type of excuse that the industry will use to hike up prices (like the insurance industry uses with fraud). Maybe it doesn't actually hurt the bottom line all that much (like the software piracy figures pushed by the SPA), but all that is needed is the excuse or perception, then we all pay 49.99 for "The Matrix".
</rant>
Tell you what, lets move open-source to the entertainment industry in general and see where that leaves us. Sony is free to release a movie as long as its GPL'd. Then we splice away for true niche entertainment. Then the hacker-distributors shareware the royalty payments from mod's to product placement back to the distributors. Sell the Coca-Cola Star Wars Ep2 instead of the Pepsi Ep2. But everything has to include a crypto hash for authentication and Free Net. Any payments are done with one-time stored value credit card numbers from the corner drug store web site (like calling cards).
Never mind. I'm going back to my warez, kiddy porn, divx'd decss'd "for demo purposes only" movies, and Metallica "I didn't know Enter Sandman was not in the public domain" MP3's. Let the FBI sort it out.
I don't think anything could "certainly add excitement" to NBC's tape delayed broadcasts of the Olympics except perhaps for Eric Rudolph. Isn't he still out there?
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The craft began coming apart about 2:14 a.m. and engineers estimated that it would take as long as 20 minutes for some of the lighter pieces finally to hit the water. (CNN)
That comment deorbits on its own (because lighter pieces fall more slowly than heavier pieces! ha!).
Installation took only one month (a record for them) but it required (I clocked it), six hours of telephone time and an escalation process that would make Sir Edmund Hillary blush.
The problem I attempted to resolve by going with Bell Atlantic was to avoid having Bell Atlantic tell me that the problem I was experiencing was due to a third-party (their first-tier techs must groan when they can't give that excuse!).
So far, I've found the service to be, well, about what I'd expect from my friendly local Bell. I was down on a Tuesday for 8 hours because I was upgrading my service (needed the upstream "speed"). Apparently a card had to be swapped at the central station. The issue was that the card was scheduled to be swapped on Thursday so tech support had no idea why my service was down.
In any case, they have a great catchall excuse: "Service-Ready Date." Even though my service has been working since two days before my installation date, they give themselves weeks to f things up so that they can say, "Well, you're not really supposed to be up yet." Reply: "Apparently I am"
In any case, eliminating the third-party is a blessing for me as a consumer because I have a pretty good expectation that service is going to suck no matter who I'm using so long as I depend on Bell Atlantic. One way or another, I'd have to be dealing with Bell Atlantic so I might as well swallow the pill whole. Clearly, the level of Bell Atlantic's customer service (incompetent) is an incentive for me to continue using them (They may be incompetent people but they're my incompetent people!).
What I really need is an SLA, regardless of who the provider is. I'd happily pay extra (masochist) for some accountability. I already got screwed on the connection speed ("It's not guaranteed, sir.") but to not have anything on paper that says that I can resonably expect my service to be available is scary.
On the other hand , Q3A screams on this baby. Makes it worth the price entirely!
Oh, and apparently static IP will be an option again in the fall. (Don't hold your breath.)
Isn't the best reason for having a very broad patent policy that, if we don't others will? Isn't the United States protecting its intellectual property by being very broad rather that allowing the furriners to get it all?
It's amazing that Terraserver has been bogged down by flocks of requests to go see... nothing. It's not like somebody is going to be able to say: "Oooh, Oooh... right there, right there between the tennis court and the baseball diamond!!!! It's the Roswell Lander!!!!"
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I do not support the ban on DHMO.
After extensive travels to Scotland (highlands in particular) I found that the local pubs are refusing to serve scotch in glasses with DHMO in its solid form. I do not consider myself dependant to the chemical but have found that it enhances the pleasures associated with consumption of many foods and drinks.
I wouldn't be surprised if my next physical showed extremely high concentrations in my body. Don't believe these rumermongers.
Was this a fabulous e-mail subpoena (Consider yourself server, I mean served) or did they spend the buck fifty to send it certified? Quick, call the RIAA and get N'Sync to track down the Return Receipts on these e-mails. If they're not available, we'll use Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves.
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And don't miss the [YAWN] Net Hoaxes We've Known and Loved. Somebody actually got paid to put this list together? And, let me guess, C|Net had an editorial process reviewing this? I guess this is what "they" mean by content these days.
Anyhow, a quick Altavista search is all that it took to get these (and more) - From the CIAC at the DOE (boy we love those gov'ment acronyms): History of Virus Hoaxes.
I wonder how this translates to another scenario: If Uncle Sam wants to search my house, that would require a search warrant. If I do not open the door, that would require a battering ram. Paranoia aside, a battering ram does not seem to be readily available.
Now let's say they got in my house and found a book written in Esperanto. Being short of Esperanto translators, they ask me to translate it for them. I say "Never!" or "Neniam!" and pleading my 5th Amendment, keep the contents of the book to myself until the government finds an alternative.
At this point, I draw another parallel to the Zapruder film which the government declared as its property (I'd like to do that) in exchange for proper compensation. So it's not out of bounds for the government to claim domain and walk away. Then the question is one of assessing the value. (As discussed in earlier postings).
I'd let the government compensate me for x amount and then have all of my "Free Kevin" supporters sue under the Freedom of Information Act to make its contents public. Although these may be considered court records entitled to a higher degree of protection, this might be a strategy worth considering.
It really would be great if they spent all this time and money decrypting only to find that the encrypted gig contained alt.binaries.tickleandspankme pictures from way back when!
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Why just the major universities and not, say, @Home? Heck, for kicks, lets go after all bandwidth providers. Or go for a court order injuncting Napster from bandwidth. That would do the trick. Ban Napster from the Net. Yup, that would take care of it.
I don't understand when the ability to watch movies at your convenience became a God given natural right. If you don't want to follow the rules, feel free to break them at your own peril. But quit whining about how the consequences for breaking the rules is a violation of a non-existant right. Your first amendment rights (for the gringos) do not allow you to steal or facilitate the theft of another individuals property, no matter how lofty the goal.
And for those of you who are jsut trying to watch the movies under Linux, tough luck. If you don't like playing by the rules set out by a proprietary industry: hack away but beware that the law of the land will probably respond more quickly than a change to the law of the land. The industry may need you as consumers and early-adopters, but that critical mass has been past already.
And if voting hasn't worked, and voting with your wallet hasn't worked, you may be on the wrong side of the argument for the dumbed down mass audience. But honestly: did you vote last go round? Did you stop financing the MPAA? You have got to do better than a t-shirt and ascii art before "heavily-biased-in-favor-of-industry" legal system is going to see it your way.
This type of protest has one loser: the public at large. This is just the type of excuse that the industry will use to hike up prices (like the insurance industry uses with fraud). Maybe it doesn't actually hurt the bottom line all that much (like the software piracy figures pushed by the SPA), but all that is needed is the excuse or perception, then we all pay 49.99 for "The Matrix".
</rant>
Tell you what, lets move open-source to the entertainment industry in general and see where that leaves us. Sony is free to release a movie as long as its GPL'd. Then we splice away for true niche entertainment. Then the hacker-distributors shareware the royalty payments from mod's to product placement back to the distributors. Sell the Coca-Cola Star Wars Ep2 instead of the Pepsi Ep2. But everything has to include a crypto hash for authentication and Free Net. Any payments are done with one-time stored value credit card numbers from the corner drug store web site (like calling cards).
Never mind. I'm going back to my warez, kiddy porn, divx'd decss'd "for demo purposes only" movies, and Metallica "I didn't know Enter Sandman was not in the public domain" MP3's. Let the FBI sort it out.
I'm sorry sir, your one time Amex has been... DECLINED! (On a $1 auth) :(
Senate Vote 99-1-0, Gregg (NH), No Vote.
House Legislative Action
House Legislative Action
I don't think anything could "certainly add excitement" to NBC's tape delayed broadcasts of the Olympics except perhaps for Eric Rudolph. Isn't he still out there?
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What type of safeguards are in place to prevent disruption of network services?
The article insinuates that the lighter parts would fall slower. Next time I should remeber to turn on my <sarcasm> tag!
That comment deorbits on its own (because lighter pieces fall more slowly than heavier pieces! ha!).
Installation took only one month (a record for them) but it required (I clocked it), six hours of telephone time and an escalation process that would make Sir Edmund Hillary blush.
The problem I attempted to resolve by going with Bell Atlantic was to avoid having Bell Atlantic tell me that the problem I was experiencing was due to a third-party (their first-tier techs must groan when they can't give that excuse!).
So far, I've found the service to be, well, about what I'd expect from my friendly local Bell. I was down on a Tuesday for 8 hours because I was upgrading my service (needed the upstream "speed"). Apparently a card had to be swapped at the central station. The issue was that the card was scheduled to be swapped on Thursday so tech support had no idea why my service was down.
In any case, they have a great catchall excuse: "Service-Ready Date." Even though my service has been working since two days before my installation date, they give themselves weeks to f things up so that they can say, "Well, you're not really supposed to be up yet." Reply: "Apparently I am"
In any case, eliminating the third-party is a blessing for me as a consumer because I have a pretty good expectation that service is going to suck no matter who I'm using so long as I depend on Bell Atlantic. One way or another, I'd have to be dealing with Bell Atlantic so I might as well swallow the pill whole. Clearly, the level of Bell Atlantic's customer service (incompetent) is an incentive for me to continue using them (They may be incompetent people but they're my incompetent people!).
What I really need is an SLA, regardless of who the provider is. I'd happily pay extra (masochist) for some accountability. I already got screwed on the connection speed ("It's not guaranteed, sir.") but to not have anything on paper that says that I can resonably expect my service to be available is scary.
On the other hand , Q3A screams on this baby. Makes it worth the price entirely!
Oh, and apparently static IP will be an option again in the fall. (Don't hold your breath.)
Isn't the best reason for having a very broad patent policy that, if we don't others will? Isn't the United States protecting its intellectual property by being very broad rather that allowing the furriners to get it all?
Might as well use Terraserver to look at this.
What a waste.
Brilliant, just brilliant.
I do not support the ban on DHMO.
After extensive travels to Scotland (highlands in particular) I found that the local pubs are refusing to serve scotch in glasses with DHMO in its solid form. I do not consider myself dependant to the chemical but have found that it enhances the pleasures associated with consumption of many foods and drinks.
I wouldn't be surprised if my next physical showed extremely high concentrations in my body. Don't believe these rumermongers.
Was this a fabulous e-mail subpoena (Consider yourself server, I mean served) or did they spend the buck fifty to send it certified? Quick, call the RIAA and get N'Sync to track down the Return Receipts on these e-mails. If they're not available, we'll use Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves.
Anyhow, a quick Altavista search is all that it took to get these (and more) - From the CIAC at the DOE (boy we love those gov'ment acronyms): History of Virus Hoaxes.
Must be a slow "news-for-nerds" day.
I wonder how this translates to another scenario: If Uncle Sam wants to search my house, that would require a search warrant. If I do not open the door, that would require a battering ram. Paranoia aside, a battering ram does not seem to be readily available.
Now let's say they got in my house and found a book written in Esperanto. Being short of Esperanto translators, they ask me to translate it for them. I say "Never!" or "Neniam!" and pleading my 5th Amendment, keep the contents of the book to myself until the government finds an alternative.
At this point, I draw another parallel to the Zapruder film which the government declared as its property (I'd like to do that) in exchange for proper compensation. So it's not out of bounds for the government to claim domain and walk away. Then the question is one of assessing the value. (As discussed in earlier postings).
I'd let the government compensate me for x amount and then have all of my "Free Kevin" supporters sue under the Freedom of Information Act to make its contents public. Although these may be considered court records entitled to a higher degree of protection, this might be a strategy worth considering.
It really would be great if they spent all this time and money decrypting only to find that the encrypted gig contained alt.binaries.tickleandspankme pictures from way back when!