>Well it was bound to happen, now it's just a matter of time before >more countries follow suit. PGP is looking better and better all the >time. Now we need to start educating people quicker and more often on >the advantages of PGP so we don't make it as easy for the governments >to read our e-mails.
PGP and similar schemes are nothing but a pain-in-the-ass. There's a far more easier and effective solution to the problem. If you are afraid your email address is being monitored, then don't use it to disccuss sensitive subjects. See how simple it is?
>No, the point was... > >As for mp3.com itself not being illegal, those are shifting sands. Under the DMCA >and the WIPO provisions, the unencrypted MP3 format and tools for supporting >it may be deemed a "circumvention device", and thus illegal, if it can be shown >that there exist copyright-enforcing alternatives. And SDMI is on the way. > >Read the original post.
I did. The unencrypted MP3 format is in more more danger than either a blank casset tape or a recordable cdrom.
On the other hand fly-by-night outfits like MP3.com that are out to make a fast buck by openly trying to resell this kind of stuff over the internet are in big trouble.
Don't confuse the two. They are not the same thing.
>And the give me one good reason why someone who buys a zip drive now >would want the parallel version when he can have the faster, more >reliable USB version.
>nsightful!?? Right now, at this moment, there are thousands of radio >stations across the continent playing unencrytped MPEG's over the air >from hard drive based automation systems. The format is not illegal. >Don't make shit up just because you have some issue with mp3.com.
The point is that unlike mp3.com, radio stations *AREN'T* basically reselling the contents of the MP3's they don't own the rights to for pure profit. It has nothing to do with the unencrytped MP3 format which stands a snowball's chance in hell of being banned. In other words MP3.com the company was the problem, not the mp3 format.
>a do nothing product? have you looked recently at how many new >printers, scanners, mice, joysticks, external storage, MP3 players, >etc etc etc...are all using USB? >until linux has solid USB support, we're missing out on a lot of cool >new devices.
Really? I have an external zip drive that plugs into my parallel port. Give *ONE* good reason why someone who has such a drive or any other device should trash it and run out and buy the USB version of it?
>And I'm sure you put that ol' ISA soundcard in your 286, didn't ya? >After you were done with those dos setup programs, did you pat >yourself on the back for setting up the irq and dma yourself?
Nope, I put it in my 686 in a empty ISA slot. (the motherboard in the machine has two of them) in addition to the overrated PCI slots. I'ld say reconfiguring the ISA soundcard using the dos setup programs was a lot faster and easier than reconfiguring the windows PCI soundcard using the windows software.
>The Linux distro. Better yet, BeOS. But, I've seen people who had to >re-install Windos. They couldn't even figure out how to switch out of >VGA mode! The windos setup procedure is absolutely horrible, and the >drivers are even worse. The only reason people use it is because it >comes pre-installed.
Tell me about it. Try to get one of those Windows PCI soundcards that have Win95/Win98 drivers and make claims of working under plain DOS. What a pain-in-the-ass. Luckly for me, I kept my old Reveal/Aztech sc400 rev a ISA soundcard. The dos-based install/setup programs that came with that card still after all these years blow away the configuration crap Mircosoft created for use under Windows.
>And don't forget the fact that they threw out good usability/UI >design principles out the door.
This should have been done years ago. These "principles" have brought nothing but buggy and bloated software and created a industry full of stuck-up pricks like yourself.
>I have hope, but I'm not holding my breath. When someone is beta, you >can't really judge it too much - but you can judge the priorities the >developers hold, and those working on Mozilla have got it WAY off. >I'd much rather they had just given up on the Mac than embarassed >themselves with the non-native UI.
A shame the mozilla developers priorities aren't the same as yours isn't it. A *REAL* damned shame. I'm being saracastic here.
>All this discussion on whether Winmag would be biased against NS 6 is >ridiculous because they gave it a glowing review. The article >discussed the preview release at length, calling it a "revolution" and >lauding both its features and Netscape's desicion to use an >open-source design model.
Bah. Talk to OS/2 and Amiga users before you call this a favorable review of NS6. This is exactly the kind of stunt pro-microsoft mags like Winmag pulled with both OS/2 and the Amiga and Atari ST computers. They damned them with faint praise and awarded the Microsoft product their "Editor Choice" (or whatever the particular mag called it) Award. Draw your own conclusions from this.
>One of the most boring and useless arguements is that so-and-so is >"biased" and therefore nothing they say is worthwhile. Argue on the >merits of the article, not it's parent company affiliation. WinMag is >respectable enough to take seriously.
Respected by who? Windows users? That's pretty much the only bunch who take anything these Windows-focused rags have to say seriously. They are also the only ones dumb enough to buy them. I rather doubt a Mac or Unix user will find anything of real value in a Windows publication.
>Get over it already. Japan is famous for stealing great ideas and even >inventions from the West and commercializing them, so what's the big >deal with the US borrowing some stupid dinosaur icon from Japan? BIG >DEAL.
And with the new Japanese 'Zilla moive coming out (it's going to be a guy in a rubber suit, yeah!) think of all the extra attention Mozilla would recieve.
>I understand that this is still a preview, but no-one should release >software this broken to anyone except developers. Many end users have >tried Preview 6 and they are never coming back. Its not just bad for >developers - for a large number of users this will be their first, >and sadly their last, foray into Open Source software.
And who really cares all that much? "Open Source software" as you use the term never really had any intention to attract these kind of people/end users. In fact, one could say it's driven in part by an real desire to get away from them and people like you.
>[from a Star Trek perspective since I know more about Trek than any of >the other examples]
>You cannot just write a book or story containing the characters from >the series. All of the names of the primary cast, as well as most of >the regulars, have been carefully trademarked.
>Even if you were to write fan art without any of the existing >characters, you'd still build upon the (copyrighted) works and >pre-established (and often copyrighted) events that shaped the >universe in which your saga takes place. Your work can never be truly >original and will therefore always be derivative.
Not so fast. Take a *GOOD LOOK* at the fanfiction created by Anime/Manga fandom, especially "Undocumented Features" (http://www.eyrie.net) This pretty much is a fanfiction series that takes elements and events from series like Star Trek,Star Wars,Japanese Anime and Manga series with a lot of orginal stuff thrown from left field into the mix by the people writing the series whom have created a universe with it's own history from the pieces. The vast majority of fanfiction created by Anime/Manga fandom is not what you are trying to claim here. Another example of this is the fanfiction series which can be found at (http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/1810). This stuff is pretty dammed orginal,and like most fanfiction created by anime/manga fandom is set in a alternative universe, not the copyrighted one.
> The Linux stocks are falling more next week. RedHat does not predict >profitability for 7 more quarters. There is not going to be seven more >quarters for them.
Wrong dude. The guys running RedHat and the other Linux dists are smarter than asswipes like you who know nothing about the stock market. Did you even notice the companies RedHat (Cyngus being one) bought just after they hit it big with their IPO? Instead of buying full color ad pages in the Ziff-Davis trade rags, RedHat and the others started planning for their future. Sorry to disapoint you but Redhat is going to be around for a while. A whole lot longer that most of the silly e-comerce and internet retailers will be.....
>The next question goes that since winmodems suck and are slow, and >opensource development is supposed to yield superior results to >proprietary schemes, why doesn't anyone bother to show up the winmodem >manufacturers by making a driver for the modem that yields better >performance while using less CPU cylcles?
Maybe because most people running Linux or a BSD don't own a Winmodem, and have no intention of buying one?
>>would have no problems killing any BSD proponents >Yet another reason for posting as AC I guess: you can get killed these >days for criticizing the GPL. And they say GPL zealots aren't fanatic... After the stunt Microsoft pulled with Kerboros, do idoits like yourself that keep on esposing the same old stupid pro BSD bullshit concering BSD-type licenses really expect to be treated any diffrently?
>The only good thing that came out of the New Gen run of Trek was Q. >And Q was an TOS character.... What? Q from TOS? I must have missed >that episode... Fill me in!
Q was never a New Gen character. Notice how he never quite fit into the New Gen universe's mindset? On the other hand Q would've fit in with the TOS universe with no problems. I think Q and Harry Mudd would have gotten along just fine for instance.
>I watched this film a long time ago, and was mostly bored. The thing >is, Bakshi was the wrong guy for this film. Have you ever seen Fritz >the Cat or Coonskin? In his early days, Bakshi was the kind of guy >that just likes to do crazy visuals without worrying too much about a >plot.
Just like I suspected. This thing is going to turn out to be another "Wing Commander" or "Starship Troopers". Feh.
>BFD...Space has been doing the same thing in Canada for the last year. >THe real question would be what took Sci-Fi so long? >Of course, upon re-watching a lot of the episodes, I'm reminded of how >much raw ass they suck. Aside from the space combat, which is one of >the things that B5 has always done well, I find it excruciating to sit >through most of the shows. God forbid it's a "character development" >show, as opposed to some decent action.
This from a person who's a fan of a series that brought Wesley Crusher,Troi and Yuppie Klingons to the SF world? Bleh,Bleh,and more Bleh. The only good thing that came out of the New Gen run of Trek was Q. And Q was an TOS character....
>Personally I think the whole OpenBSD thing is nice, but overrated. >Will someone please tell me what OpenBSD can do that Linux/FreeBSD >cannot? I'm assuming a Unix user is smarter that the average Windows >lover, so I don't want to hear 'out of the box'. The only way I see >OpenBSD securer than other OS's is that it FORCES you to be secure, >whether it applies to your setup or not, which I consider a >limitation, not a feature.
You're right. Not to put it down but OpenBSD is exactly what you said it is. The only real advantage it had was because of the US crypto laws and that's going to change pretty soon. Take a look at the direction Redhat 6.2 is heading in for instance. The other BSD and Linux dists will be talking similar steps as well.
Bleh. Why do people get so hyped up over remakes of old movies that won't hold a candle to the orginal? First talk about remaking "Planet of the Apes" and now this? There can be only one "Lord of the Rings" movie, and that's already been made. What's next? Some idoit is going to remake "2001", replacing HAL with Wesley Crusher?
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>Well it was bound to happen, now it's just a matter of time before
>more countries follow suit. PGP is looking better and better all the
>time. Now we need to start educating people quicker and more often on
>the advantages of PGP so we don't make it as easy for the governments
>to read our e-mails.
PGP and similar schemes are nothing but a pain-in-the-ass. There's a far more easier and effective solution to the problem. If you are afraid your email address is being monitored, then don't use it to disccuss sensitive subjects. See how simple it is?
>No, the point was...
>
>As for mp3.com itself not being illegal, those are shifting sands. Under the DMCA >and the WIPO provisions, the unencrypted MP3 format and tools for supporting >it may be deemed a "circumvention device", and thus illegal, if it can be shown >that there exist copyright-enforcing alternatives. And SDMI is on the way.
>
>Read the original post.
I did. The unencrypted MP3 format is in more more
danger than either a blank casset tape or a recordable cdrom.
On the other hand fly-by-night outfits like MP3.com that are out to make a fast buck by openly trying to resell this kind of stuff over the internet are in big trouble.
Don't confuse the two. They are not the same thing.
You can get busted for bootleging.
>And the give me one good reason why someone who buys a zip drive now
>would want the parallel version when he can have the faster, more
>reliable USB version.
How about compatibilty with older hardware?
>nsightful!?? Right now, at this moment, there are thousands of radio
>stations across the continent playing unencrytped MPEG's over the air
>from hard drive based automation systems. The format is not illegal.
>Don't make shit up just because you have some issue with mp3.com.
The point is that unlike mp3.com, radio stations *AREN'T* basically reselling the contents of the MP3's they don't own the rights to for pure profit. It has nothing to do with the unencrytped MP3 format which stands a snowball's chance in hell of being banned. In other words MP3.com the company was the problem, not the mp3 format.
>a do nothing product? have you looked recently at how many new
>printers, scanners, mice, joysticks, external storage, MP3 players,
>etc etc etc...are all using USB?
>until linux has solid USB support, we're missing out on a lot of cool
>new devices.
Really? I have an external zip drive that plugs into my parallel port. Give *ONE* good reason why someone who has such a drive or any other device should trash it and run out and buy the USB version of it?
>And I'm sure you put that ol' ISA soundcard in your 286, didn't ya?
>After you were done with those dos setup programs, did you pat
>yourself on the back for setting up the irq and dma yourself?
Nope, I put it in my 686 in a empty ISA slot. (the motherboard in the machine has two of them) in addition to the overrated PCI slots. I'ld say reconfiguring the ISA soundcard using the dos setup programs was a lot faster and easier than reconfiguring the windows PCI soundcard using the windows software.
>The Linux distro. Better yet, BeOS. But, I've seen people who had to
>re-install Windos. They couldn't even figure out how to switch out of
>VGA mode! The windos setup procedure is absolutely horrible, and the
>drivers are even worse. The only reason people use it is because it
>comes pre-installed.
Tell me about it. Try to get one of those Windows PCI soundcards that have Win95/Win98 drivers and make claims of working under plain DOS. What a pain-in-the-ass. Luckly for me, I kept my old Reveal/Aztech sc400 rev a ISA soundcard. The dos-based install/setup programs that came with that card still after all these years blow away the configuration crap Mircosoft created for use under Windows.
>Digimon and any other cartoon are for fags!!
So sayth the the lover of teletubbies...
>And don't forget the fact that they threw out good usability/UI
>design principles out the door.
This should have been done years ago. These "principles" have brought nothing but buggy and bloated software and created a industry full of stuck-up pricks like yourself.
>I have hope, but I'm not holding my breath. When someone is beta, you
>can't really judge it too much - but you can judge the priorities the
>developers hold, and those working on Mozilla have got it WAY off.
>I'd much rather they had just given up on the Mac than embarassed
>themselves with the non-native UI.
A shame the mozilla developers priorities aren't the same as yours isn't it. A *REAL* damned shame. I'm being saracastic here.
>All this discussion on whether Winmag would be biased against NS 6 is
>ridiculous because they gave it a glowing review. The article
>discussed the preview release at length, calling it a "revolution" and
>lauding both its features and Netscape's desicion to use an
>open-source design model.
Bah. Talk to OS/2 and Amiga users before you call this a favorable review of NS6. This is exactly the kind of stunt pro-microsoft mags like Winmag pulled with both OS/2 and the Amiga and Atari ST computers. They damned them with faint praise and awarded the Microsoft product their "Editor Choice" (or whatever the particular mag called it) Award. Draw your own conclusions from this.
>One of the most boring and useless arguements is that so-and-so is
>"biased" and therefore nothing they say is worthwhile. Argue on the
>merits of the article, not it's parent company affiliation. WinMag is
>respectable enough to take seriously.
Respected by who? Windows users? That's pretty much the only bunch who take anything these Windows-focused rags have to say seriously. They are also the only ones dumb enough to buy them. I rather doubt a Mac or Unix user will find anything of real value in a Windows publication.
>Get over it already. Japan is famous for stealing great ideas and even
>inventions from the West and commercializing them, so what's the big
>deal with the US borrowing some stupid dinosaur icon from Japan? BIG
>DEAL.
And with the new Japanese 'Zilla moive coming out (it's going to be a guy in a rubber suit, yeah!) think of all the extra attention Mozilla would recieve.
>I understand that this is still a preview, but no-one should release
>software this broken to anyone except developers. Many end users have
>tried Preview 6 and they are never coming back. Its not just bad for
>developers - for a large number of users this will be their first,
>and sadly their last, foray into Open Source software.
And who really cares all that much? "Open Source software" as you use the term never really had any intention to attract these kind of people/end users. In fact, one could say it's driven in part by an real desire to get away from them and people like you.
>Hey, installing Linux used to be easy for the masses, but since RedHat
>5.x they removed "Redneck" language from the installation program.
>(I bitterly miss the opportunity to "emmalate three clickers" and
>"floormat" my hard disk... <sigh> those were the days... )
Well since RedHat is located in North Carolina,they most likely got tired of it after being exposed to it on a daily basis.
>It was used in the cartoon series allegedly. Paramount has copyright
on that.
Doesn't matter. The tagline was in use by Trek Fandom long before the cartoon series was created.
>[from a Star Trek perspective since I know more about Trek than any of
>the other examples]
>You cannot just write a book or story containing the characters from
>the series. All of the names of the primary cast, as well as most of
>the regulars, have been carefully trademarked.
>Even if you were to write fan art without any of the existing
>characters, you'd still build upon the (copyrighted) works and
>pre-established (and often copyrighted) events that shaped the
>universe in which your saga takes place. Your work can never be truly
>original and will therefore always be derivative.
Not so fast. Take a *GOOD LOOK* at the fanfiction created by Anime/Manga fandom, especially "Undocumented Features" (http://www.eyrie.net) This pretty much is a fanfiction series that takes elements and events from series like Star Trek,Star Wars,Japanese Anime and Manga series with a lot of orginal stuff thrown from left field into the mix by the people writing the series whom have created a universe with it's own history from the pieces. The vast majority of fanfiction created by Anime/Manga fandom is not what you are trying to claim here. Another example of this is the fanfiction series which can be found at (http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/1810). This stuff is pretty dammed orginal,and like most fanfiction created by anime/manga fandom is set in a alternative universe, not the copyrighted one.
> The Linux stocks are falling more next week. RedHat does not predict
>profitability for 7 more quarters. There is not going to be seven more
>quarters for them.
Wrong dude. The guys running RedHat and the other Linux dists are smarter than asswipes like you who know nothing about the stock market. Did you even notice the companies RedHat (Cyngus being one) bought just after they hit it big with their IPO? Instead of buying full color ad pages in the Ziff-Davis trade rags, RedHat and the others started planning for their future. Sorry to disapoint you but Redhat is going to be around for a while. A whole lot longer that most of the silly e-comerce and internet retailers will be.....
>The next question goes that since winmodems suck and are slow, and
>opensource development is supposed to yield superior results to
>proprietary schemes, why doesn't anyone bother to show up the winmodem
>manufacturers by making a driver for the modem that yields better
>performance while using less CPU cylcles?
Maybe because most people running Linux or a BSD don't own a Winmodem, and have no intention of buying one?
>>would have no problems killing any BSD proponents
>Yet another reason for posting as AC I guess: you can get killed these
>days for criticizing the GPL. And they say GPL zealots aren't fanatic...
After the stunt Microsoft pulled with Kerboros, do idoits like yourself that keep on esposing the same old stupid pro BSD bullshit concering BSD-type licenses really expect to be treated any diffrently?
Does this means we get to witness another LT/AT flame war?
>The only good thing that came out of the New Gen run of Trek was Q.
>And Q was an TOS character.... What? Q from TOS? I must have missed
>that episode... Fill me in!
Q was never a New Gen character. Notice how he never quite fit into the New Gen universe's mindset? On the other hand Q would've fit in with the TOS universe with no problems. I think Q and Harry Mudd would have gotten along just fine for instance.
>I watched this film a long time ago, and was mostly bored. The thing
>is, Bakshi was the wrong guy for this film. Have you ever seen Fritz
>the Cat or Coonskin? In his early days, Bakshi was the kind of guy
>that just likes to do crazy visuals without worrying too much about a
>plot.
Just like I suspected. This thing is going to turn out to be another "Wing Commander" or "Starship Troopers". Feh.
>BFD...Space has been doing the same thing in Canada for the last year.
>THe real question would be what took Sci-Fi so long?
>Of course, upon re-watching a lot of the episodes, I'm reminded of how
>much raw ass they suck. Aside from the space combat, which is one of
>the things that B5 has always done well, I find it excruciating to sit
>through most of the shows. God forbid it's a "character development"
>show, as opposed to some decent action.
This from a person who's a fan of a series that brought Wesley Crusher,Troi and Yuppie Klingons to the SF world? Bleh,Bleh,and more Bleh. The only good thing that came out of the New Gen run of Trek was Q. And Q was an TOS character....
>Personally I think the whole OpenBSD thing is nice, but overrated.
>Will someone please tell me what OpenBSD can do that Linux/FreeBSD
>cannot? I'm assuming a Unix user is smarter that the average Windows
>lover, so I don't want to hear 'out of the box'. The only way I see
>OpenBSD securer than other OS's is that it FORCES you to be secure,
>whether it applies to your setup or not, which I consider a
>limitation, not a feature.
You're right. Not to put it down but OpenBSD is exactly what you said it is. The only real advantage it had was because of the US crypto laws and that's going to change pretty soon. Take a look at the direction Redhat 6.2 is heading in for instance. The other BSD and Linux dists will be talking similar steps as well.
Bleh. Why do people get so hyped up over remakes of old movies that won't hold a candle to the orginal? First talk about remaking "Planet of the Apes" and now this? There can be only one "Lord of the Rings" movie, and that's already been made. What's next? Some idoit is going to remake "2001", replacing HAL with Wesley Crusher?