'Cuz the greater evil will kill us all and the lesser evil is less likely to. It's a numbers game. But I hear your point, and I, too, wish things were different.
The redacted paragraph, as mentioned in other posts, basically says that the govt can get your name and address from your IP address without a warrant.
Devil's Advocate: If people don't know that the government can, without a warrant, find out who belongs to any given data (that they can trace the IP of), then people are more likely to commit these kinds of crimes, and the government is more able to prosecute them.
I could encrypt my e-mail, but.... eh... who's gonna find out? If the government had it's eye (and I'm thinking LOTR-style eye here) on the internet, I'd be more apt to cover my tracks. They don't want me to cover my tracks, so they don't let me know that they can trace them.
So there. It's a crimefighting tool. You like crimefighting, don't you?
As a side note, isn't it funny that the government tried to cover this up, and now people like you and me who know that they can do this are more likely to be careful when we absolutely have to?
That and the Abu Ghraib pictures lead me to the conclusion that secrecy in government isn't going to make the world a better place. The world would be a better place if people just told the truth.
Just don't ask me about this folder on my computer: k:\video\movies
You know what else should be in the constitution? That amendments may not be made to the constitution that remove rights. That's not what the constitution is about. It should be about giving people the right to vote, or express themselves, not preventing them from drinking or burning a flag or getting an abortion. Not that those things can't be banned, but that should be done on a federal, state, or local level as appropriate, not as a fundamental provision of Who America Is such as the constitution.
I've gotta go PSP from what I've seen so far. If it has the pressure-sensitive buttons of the PS2 I'm going to love playing Gran Turismo on long drives. Granted, the last Nintendo I owned was an N64/GB color, but I've played a few of their more recent games, and I can't say that they capture my attention any more. I think the PSP is going to be the Portable Gaming System for the Experienced Gamer/eye candy-loving connaiseur. Just like the PS and PS2 are (versus Nintendo's offerings, not XBox)..
I have, but in retrospect I was 7 or 8 at the time. Nowadays, I have no problems with any of my cables or connectors whatsoever. Although I do have a wonky monitor cable that needs wiggling now and then to get out of power-save mode.
If it was determined that those cars (stolen and not) would just take control of the wheel and start running people over, I think it would be the responsibility of the auto manufacturer to fix it. The thief could be completely unaware that his car was a murderous, insidious killing machine, and it is the manufacturer's responsibility to make sure that it is not.
It's not the thief doing the damage -- in fact, he's trying to prevent it by updating.
However, if MS chooses to exclude pirated copies from security updates, then it becomes the responsibility of the pirate to make sure that his machine isn't damaging anything. Whereas I believe that for legitimate users it's the responsibility of MS to make sure that their OSes are reasonably tolerant to attack.
Gran Turismo 3 is $20. I bought it and a force feedback steering wheel at full price.
The bad video games drop off the face of the earth. The best ones become discounted to $20 when they've sold a certain amount. You know, they've recouped their costs and are now able to sell it for a lesser amount. Makes sense, doesn't it?
That's true. To a small extent, Credit Card companies are like consumer protection agencies. If you have a dispute about something you've purchased, and you used a Credit Card, you have, basically, American Express or Visa to help you fight being charged for it. As well if it's stolen and used without your permission. The most you'll be charged for in America is $50 unless you screw up (so read the fine print and check your bill!). Used responsibly, Credit Cards are a tool that can help you, not harm you.
Hey man, my mom bought a Prius in October, and she still doesn't have it. She paid cash, and it's nowhere to be found. You think they'll ship one to you? They one even give her hers. Those little bastards are scarce!
The only flash movie I've ever created (done in 29 days, before my trial expired!) cost ~$350 for the images I used alone. That's $50/pic, for royalty-free rights.
Since the guy's page is down, can anyone tell me what his copyright notice said? If it said "these images are free to anyone who wants to use them for any purpose" and they used them, then so be it. But I'm quite curious as to the actual terms. Also, it's always good to have a copyright notice watermarked in the picture. It doesn't have to be big and obvious. My favorite example is this picture of $20,000 my friend took.
Well, they look awesome(although visually I'm partial to electrostatic speakers). My only regret is that in my apartment, the police would show up at my door approx. 5 minutes after I hooked them up.
Yes, yes, I forgot about the volume adjustment, that's also very nice. I've not seen one that will adjust (I assume the EQ?) to match the acoustical conditions of the room you're in -- that sounds really cool.
Yes, but AFAIK, speakers can only be calibrated relative to each other, for relative distance. A good pre-amp will have a mic that you can put where you'll be sitting, put your amp into calibrate mode, and it will "ping" the speakers to tell how far away they are. But I know of no preamp that will pre-delay audio out of all channels. (disclaimer: there are a lot of preamps out there, and I've only ever seen, maybe, 4 of them:)
The only solution? Hmm, at 340M/sec.06s would need to be... 20 meters away.
$1 or less per song music downloads that will play on your MP3 player. CDs suck, and it took years for them to realize it. But now they're here on the internet, selling the kind of music you might want. You have no excuse.
OK, so if you take a file that has DRM, and you "crack" it, aka access it outside of the constraints of the DRM, you're violating the DMCA. But are you violating Copyright law? If you don't give those files to others, are you?
And if not, I believe that streamripping isn't either. And as such, would be legal. And if it's legal, then your calling it piracy is wrong. It's as much piracy as using a Tivo is.
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Aagh, another repeat? It was repeats, what, 2 weeks ago? And this week again? Boo-earns!
According to one officer, 'Some of them actually signed in with their true names, so that helped us identify people.'"
And, of the ones that didn't, getting those names was no problem. They didn't even need a warrant.
Because, after all, he's breaking the law simply by revealing this law, and the government can use this law to track him down.
Isn't it ironic?
'Cuz the greater evil will kill us all and the lesser evil is less likely to. It's a numbers game. But I hear your point, and I, too, wish things were different.
The redacted paragraph, as mentioned in other posts, basically says that the govt can get your name and address from your IP address without a warrant.
Devil's Advocate:
If people don't know that the government can, without a warrant, find out who belongs to any given data (that they can trace the IP of), then people are more likely to commit these kinds of crimes, and the government is more able to prosecute them.
I could encrypt my e-mail, but.... eh... who's gonna find out? If the government had it's eye (and I'm thinking LOTR-style eye here) on the internet, I'd be more apt to cover my tracks. They don't want me to cover my tracks, so they don't let me know that they can trace them.
So there. It's a crimefighting tool. You like crimefighting, don't you?
As a side note, isn't it funny that the government tried to cover this up, and now people like you and me who know that they can do this are more likely to be careful when we absolutely have to?
That and the Abu Ghraib pictures lead me to the conclusion that secrecy in government isn't going to make the world a better place. The world would be a better place if people just told the truth.
Just don't ask me about this folder on my computer: k:\video\movies
You know what else should be in the constitution? That amendments may not be made to the constitution that remove rights. That's not what the constitution is about. It should be about giving people the right to vote, or express themselves, not preventing them from drinking or burning a flag or getting an abortion. Not that those things can't be banned, but that should be done on a federal, state, or local level as appropriate, not as a fundamental provision of Who America Is such as the constitution.
I've gotta go PSP from what I've seen so far. If it has the pressure-sensitive buttons of the PS2 I'm going to love playing Gran Turismo on long drives. Granted, the last Nintendo I owned was an N64/GB color, but I've played a few of their more recent games, and I can't say that they capture my attention any more. I think the PSP is going to be the Portable Gaming System for the Experienced Gamer/eye candy-loving connaiseur. Just like the PS and PS2 are (versus Nintendo's offerings, not XBox)..
But that's just me.
What did folks end up doing with that little thing? Anything useful besides a terminal server?
I have, but in retrospect I was 7 or 8 at the time. Nowadays, I have no problems with any of my cables or connectors whatsoever. Although I do have a wonky monitor cable that needs wiggling now and then to get out of power-save mode.
Personally, I blame the 17" widescreens that are available on these laptops. And by "blame", I mean "get an erection when I see".
So that's why they mentioned getting it implanted in your forehead! I didn't get it at first. Thanks for pointing this out for me.
A more appropriate analogy is if those cars had a remote control that could be harnessed for evil.
If it was determined that those cars (stolen and not) would just take control of the wheel and start running people over, I think it would be the responsibility of the auto manufacturer to fix it. The thief could be completely unaware that his car was a murderous, insidious killing machine, and it is the manufacturer's responsibility to make sure that it is not.
It's not the thief doing the damage -- in fact, he's trying to prevent it by updating.
However, if MS chooses to exclude pirated copies from security updates, then it becomes the responsibility of the pirate to make sure that his machine isn't damaging anything. Whereas I believe that for legitimate users it's the responsibility of MS to make sure that their OSes are reasonably tolerant to attack.
Gran Turismo 3 is $20. I bought it and a force feedback steering wheel at full price.
The bad video games drop off the face of the earth. The best ones become discounted to $20 when they've sold a certain amount. You know, they've recouped their costs and are now able to sell it for a lesser amount. Makes sense, doesn't it?
That's true. To a small extent, Credit Card companies are like consumer protection agencies. If you have a dispute about something you've purchased, and you used a Credit Card, you have, basically, American Express or Visa to help you fight being charged for it. As well if it's stolen and used without your permission. The most you'll be charged for in America is $50 unless you screw up (so read the fine print and check your bill!).
Used responsibly, Credit Cards are a tool that can help you, not harm you.
Hey man, my mom bought a Prius in October, and she still doesn't have it. She paid cash, and it's nowhere to be found. You think they'll ship one to you? They one even give her hers. Those little bastards are scarce!
The only flash movie I've ever created (done in 29 days, before my trial expired!) cost ~$350 for the images I used alone. That's $50/pic, for royalty-free rights.
Since the guy's page is down, can anyone tell me what his copyright notice said? If it said "these images are free to anyone who wants to use them for any purpose" and they used them, then so be it. But I'm quite curious as to the actual terms. Also, it's always good to have a copyright notice watermarked in the picture. It doesn't have to be big and obvious. My favorite example is this picture of $20,000 my friend took.
It's a joke. I'm stupid, or at least, closed-minded, for thinking it's not funny. No animals were harmed in the making of this site.
I need someone to confirm this so that I can stop obsessing about it.
Well, they look awesome(although visually I'm partial to electrostatic speakers). My only regret is that in my apartment, the police would show up at my door approx. 5 minutes after I hooked them up.
Yes, yes, I forgot about the volume adjustment, that's also very nice. I've not seen one that will adjust (I assume the EQ?) to match the acoustical conditions of the room you're in -- that sounds really cool.
Nice speakers, crappy camera.
Yes, but AFAIK, speakers can only be calibrated relative to each other, for relative distance. A good pre-amp will have a mic that you can put where you'll be sitting, put your amp into calibrate mode, and it will "ping" the speakers to tell how far away they are. But I know of no preamp that will pre-delay audio out of all channels. (disclaimer: there are a lot of preamps out there, and I've only ever seen, maybe, 4 of them :)
.06s would need to be... 20 meters away.
The only solution?
Hmm, at
340M/sec
So, get a really big room!
None for windows that I know of. If anyone knows of one, pipe up!
$1 or less per song music downloads that will play on your MP3 player. CDs suck, and it took years for them to realize it. But now they're here on the internet, selling the kind of music you might want.
You have no excuse.
OK, so if you take a file that has DRM, and you "crack" it, aka access it outside of the constraints of the DRM, you're violating the DMCA. But are you violating Copyright law? If you don't give those files to others, are you?
And if not, I believe that streamripping isn't either. And as such, would be legal. And if it's legal, then your calling it piracy is wrong. It's as much piracy as using a Tivo is.