I'm sorry but, with all my respect and staying moderate, did you even consider the thought of this not being an abuse? Maybe I misinterpreted your tone but it sounded like someone witnessing a hit and run and stating "That may have been somehow wrong".
If even we had doubts about such clear actions how could we blame the general public from not screaming against ridiculous laws?
The one being pushed by Apple and Microsoft in the mobile front. And don't tell me that "they're just phones" because as we've seen with the iPad, it won't stay that way for long.[...] Decades old technology, yes. Being forced into a technological underclass because we refuse to accept DRM is, frankly, unacceptable.
First. My decade old underclass technology can rape an iPad in the arse without even flinching.
Second. IPad sucks so much dick it now uses semen as a power source.
And lastly. You imagine an unreasonable future. Computers won't be locked for the simple reason that they'd be unlocked and sold by whoever is the future Chinese.
You somehow manage to ignore the last twenty years of failures locking down technology and media.
I appreciate when strangers act with social disregard and disrespect as it gives me an easy opportunity to point out to my kids what not to do if you want to function in society.
I appreciate when people teach weakness, irrationality and giving value to inane things to their chindren, as it gives mine an easy opportunity of crushing them under their heels.
A Bluray holds 50 gigabytes of data. Downloading that over my 750k DSL connection would take 7 days
Downloading over my connection would take... 19 hours, less than a day. There's no reason for me to lose even 15 minutes going to the store instead of 15 seconds setting up the download in my computer.
I'll want to store it somewhere permanent
I won't. I can redownload it whenever I want.
Bottom Line - Blurays are not disappearing yet. People like the convenience and instant gratification.
Downloading IS the instant gratification. Bluray disappears with high speed download which, aparently you don't have but lots of people have already.
Blueray will only live for those who live with five year old technology, which is fine and reasonable, for five years.
"Film your own movies"/"Write your own books"/"Build your own games"/"Perform your own music" will be the response of the copyright conglomerates. And people will and do now, but, good luck distributing anything when all playback devices are locked down.
What are you talking about? What kind of dystopian future world you imagine that will lock down computers?
Trusted Computing will prevent you from running apps that aren't signed by huge corporations that can afford to pay the certification and membership fees which really just funnel back to themselves because they belong to the organizations that benefit (see the existing relationships between movie studios and the MPAA).
Ah, I see now. Yes, that will probably happen. Because nobody would ever think of creating an unlocked computer with decades old technology, just to play the movies, and become rich.
Seriously, that future you're imagining is impossible. Many bad things can happen, but technology doesn't go backwards.
None the less, the anecdote is still good even if the science isn't.
Really? Wow! My analogies will be even better now!
You know, if you throw a car into a pool of acid, it will jump out, but if you throw it into an empty pool and then pour the acid, it will stay and die. Thus, you should buy physical disks of all your games because cracked installers will magically disappear tomorrow.
I find "So fucking what?" to be a perfectly reasonable answer.
What is the problem with kids anyone swearing? Is that person hurting anyone else in any way?
The closest to an explanation I've heard is "I don't want my kids to hear that language". Which is as stupid an argument as can be. Your kids, your fucking problem.
I wonder if the spying technology that doesn't reach the public, if there is such thing, has already reached a size that makes it impossible to find by non-electronic means. I wonder if such deviced didn't exist until the paper-thin batteries were invented.
Not familiar with the terminology, are you referring to something like a switchblade?
Yes.
It's a shame that a lot of places have banned those, because I find that they are VERY useful. I have one and it became my favorite knife to use while working in places where my hands are occupied. I can get it in my hand, disengage the safety and open it with my thumb, do the work, and then close it again easier than a typical lockback knife.
There are other kinds of folding knives that can be opened with one hand, the only difference is whether they'll stab something on the opening movement, which is not justifiable for a tool, thus the internally stored force limit that includes springs and even bullet cartidges (without the bullet).
A typical folding knife can be nice, but I hate how loose the ones with blades you can open with one hand are.
A good knive can have a perfectly firm and locked blade that you can open with one hand. They may be expensive, though.
The awesome thing about a spring loaded knife is that the spring keeps positive pressure on the blade (even after you release the lock to close it) This positive pressure, combined with a dull 'back' to the blade (not double sided) lets you do the following:
To close the knife:
1. Hold the release to unlock the blade 2. push the back of the blade against a convenient surface 3. It locks in place, re-engage the safety.
With a typical folding knife, once you release the lock on the open blade, the sharp side is free to move and, in my opinion, is slightly harder to manipulate in a safe way, especially with one hand. If you have ever had the chance to use a quality switch blade (Not double edged), they are damned useful tools.
I own several Benchmades, Spidercos, etc and I've never had a problem handling them with one hand but I think what you want is a fireman's folding knife, made to be opened with one heavy gloved hand. You may want to lock into CRKT's kind of assisted opening.
Having said that, I'd use a fixed blade if at all possible.
Owning a sword isn't illegal, though carrying one in public usually is.
In Spain, carrying a sword in public is legal if it's not concealed. But you've got to have a reason to be carrying it, like "I just bought it and I'm taking it home", "I'm going to my bastard sword class" or "I'm going to the woods to take pictures of my sword collection".
You can also carry a non concealed hunting knife of any size or form, including two bladed.
What you can't carry is any pocket/concealed weapon over 11cm, two bladed or with an automatic aperture system based on internally stored force (mass, for gravity or inertial automatics is ok).
nothing of any real import can be expressed in 140 characters...
"The bag is in locker #437. You'll find your fee and the target's dossier inside." "The guy I was having fun with is dead in your kitchen and cops are coming. XOXOXO" "Cut the red wire." "Salutations earthlings. We come in peace."
Never used Twitter but 140 seems to be a lot. Maybe you're a bit too wordy.
"Dear Mr.Assassin. I've left the money, in $20 bills, inside big a black leather bag. The target data will be inside the bag that you'll find in locker #"
It's passed on. That horse is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. That is a late horse. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the barn, it would be pushing up the daisies.
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I think this is an abuse of the DMCA
You think?
I'm sorry but, with all my respect and staying moderate, did you even consider the thought of this not being an abuse? Maybe I misinterpreted your tone but it sounded like someone witnessing a hit and run and stating "That may have been somehow wrong".
If even we had doubts about such clear actions how could we blame the general public from not screaming against ridiculous laws?
The one being pushed by Apple and Microsoft in the mobile front. And don't tell me that "they're just phones" because as we've seen with the iPad, it won't stay that way for long.[...]
Decades old technology, yes. Being forced into a technological underclass because we refuse to accept DRM is, frankly, unacceptable.
First. My decade old underclass technology can rape an iPad in the arse without even flinching.
Second. IPad sucks so much dick it now uses semen as a power source.
And lastly. You imagine an unreasonable future. Computers won't be locked for the simple reason that they'd be unlocked and sold by whoever is the future Chinese.
You somehow manage to ignore the last twenty years of failures locking down technology and media.
I appreciate when strangers act with social disregard and disrespect as it gives me an easy opportunity to point out to my kids what not to do if you want to function in society.
I appreciate when people teach weakness, irrationality and giving value to inane things to their chindren, as it gives mine an easy opportunity of crushing them under their heels.
A Bluray holds 50 gigabytes of data. Downloading that over my 750k DSL connection would take 7 days
Downloading over my connection would take... 19 hours, less than a day. There's no reason for me to lose even 15 minutes going to the store instead of 15 seconds setting up the download in my computer.
I'll want to store it somewhere permanent
I won't. I can redownload it whenever I want.
Bottom Line - Blurays are not disappearing yet. People like the convenience and instant gratification.
Downloading IS the instant gratification. Bluray disappears with high speed download which, aparently you don't have but lots of people have already.
Blueray will only live for those who live with five year old technology, which is fine and reasonable, for five years.
"Film your own movies"/"Write your own books"/"Build your own games"/"Perform your own music" will be the response of the copyright conglomerates. And people will and do now, but, good luck distributing anything when all playback devices are locked down.
What are you talking about? What kind of dystopian future world you imagine that will lock down computers?
Trusted Computing will prevent you from running apps that aren't signed by huge corporations that can afford to pay the certification and membership fees which really just funnel back to themselves because they belong to the organizations that benefit (see the existing relationships between movie studios and the MPAA).
Ah, I see now. Yes, that will probably happen. Because nobody would ever think of creating an unlocked computer with decades old technology, just to play the movies, and become rich.
Seriously, that future you're imagining is impossible. Many bad things can happen, but technology doesn't go backwards.
None the less, the anecdote is still good even if the science isn't.
Really? Wow! My analogies will be even better now!
You know, if you throw a car into a pool of acid, it will jump out, but if you throw it into an empty pool and then pour the acid, it will stay and die. Thus, you should buy physical disks of all your games because cracked installers will magically disappear tomorrow.
I'm guessing also that parents aren't beating their children (spanking) or rinsing their mouth out (with liquid dish soap) as much either.
Oh yes, the fantastic lesson of "If someone does something you don't want him to, harm him".
It works wonders.
Why the sarcasm?
I find "So fucking what?" to be a perfectly reasonable answer.
What is the problem with kids anyone swearing? Is that person hurting anyone else in any way?
The closest to an explanation I've heard is "I don't want my kids to hear that language". Which is as stupid an argument as can be. Your kids, your fucking problem.
This looks like it would be comparable to Li-ion
Only if it's a really, really flat and electrically charged, probably for having been hit by a lightning, lion.
The information would probably be much more useful per square centimetre rather than per gram.
I wonder if the spying technology that doesn't reach the public, if there is such thing, has already reached a size that makes it impossible to find by non-electronic means. I wonder if such deviced didn't exist until the paper-thin batteries were invented.
Was someone dumb enough to...
The answer to that question, however you end it, is most often "Yes".
Not familiar with the terminology, are you referring to something like a switchblade?
Yes.
It's a shame that a lot of places have banned those, because I find that they are VERY useful. I have one and it became my favorite knife to use while working in places where my hands are occupied. I can get it in my hand, disengage the safety and open it with my thumb, do the work, and then close it again easier than a typical lockback knife.
There are other kinds of folding knives that can be opened with one hand, the only difference is whether they'll stab something on the opening movement, which is not justifiable for a tool, thus the internally stored force limit that includes springs and even bullet cartidges (without the bullet).
A typical folding knife can be nice, but I hate how loose the ones with blades you can open with one hand are.
A good knive can have a perfectly firm and locked blade that you can open with one hand. They may be expensive, though.
The awesome thing about a spring loaded knife is that the spring keeps positive pressure on the blade (even after you release the lock to close it) This positive pressure, combined with a dull 'back' to the blade (not double sided) lets you do the following:
To close the knife:
1. Hold the release to unlock the blade
2. push the back of the blade against a convenient surface
3. It locks in place, re-engage the safety.
With a typical folding knife, once you release the lock on the open blade, the sharp side is free to move and, in my opinion, is slightly harder to manipulate in a safe way, especially with one hand. If you have ever had the chance to use a quality switch blade (Not double edged), they are damned useful tools.
I own several Benchmades, Spidercos, etc and I've never had a problem handling them with one hand but I think what you want is a fireman's folding knife, made to be opened with one heavy gloved hand. You may want to lock into CRKT's kind of assisted opening.
Having said that, I'd use a fixed blade if at all possible.
I've never seen one. Is it similar to a Wild Gazebo?
And it's the real truth!
Not a false truth, or an imaginary truth. This truth is much truthier.
I'd even dare to say it's the truthiest!
Owning a sword isn't illegal, though carrying one in public usually is.
In Spain, carrying a sword in public is legal if it's not concealed. But you've got to have a reason to be carrying it, like "I just bought it and I'm taking it home", "I'm going to my bastard sword class" or "I'm going to the woods to take pictures of my sword collection".
You can also carry a non concealed hunting knife of any size or form, including two bladed.
What you can't carry is any pocket/concealed weapon over 11cm, two bladed or with an automatic aperture system based on internally stored force (mass, for gravity or inertial automatics is ok).
nothing of any real import can be expressed in 140 characters...
"The bag is in locker #437. You'll find your fee and the target's dossier inside."
"The guy I was having fun with is dead in your kitchen and cops are coming. XOXOXO"
"Cut the red wire."
"Salutations earthlings. We come in peace."
Never used Twitter but 140 seems to be a lot. Maybe you're a bit too wordy.
"Dear Mr.Assassin. I've left the money, in $20 bills, inside big a black leather bag. The target data will be inside the bag that you'll find in locker #"
So: "Oregon: Land of Domestic Abuse Endorsement, Google fiber hunters and gas keepers".
but Oregon? I can't even think of anything Oregon's known for.
Well, I did a brief search for "Oregon, land of ... " to se if there was something Oregon was known for.
I got: "Oregon: Land of Domestic Abuse Endorsement".
So they can safely add "... and Google fiber hunters" without tarnishing the motto.
Exactly my first thought. If they can't hit an insulator, what are they hunting? Barns?
It doesn't matter how much you train a horse, it won't come back when it's dead.
And if it did, you'd really, really wouldn't want him to.
But that horse is dead.
It's passed on. That horse is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. That is a late horse. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the barn, it would be pushing up the daisies.
they want people to hack them, so they have a legally binding way to go after them.
...and drink their blood!
What! My theory is as sound as yours.
And much better for a movie.
Unless you can shoot the horse down, hang the horse thief and buy another horse.
The problem comes when you forget about all that happened and put the new horse in a new barn, which is open.
Politicians in other parties will be thinking about that 1% next time they sit down to dinner with the RIAA.
That's not the real value.
Politicians will be thinking about the evolution of that 1% in four years, when they prepare their programs for the elections.
The final objective is not to get majority and change the laws, it's to force other parties to include those changes to win those few extra votes.