Yes, because the LAST thing you'd want advertisements to target is SOMETHING YOU'RE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN !
Much better everyone gets to punch the monkey !
Seriously, what is your problem with targeted ads ?
When you go into the same bar every day, the barman gets to know your usual tipple, and will often greet you with "Hello mate, the usual ?". You don't punch the fucker out shouting "stop invading my privacy with your tracking mechanisms".
Oh wait, a bar is outside the safety of the basement isn't it ?
If you'd taken the time to even read eldavojohn's post, you will not see the word INVENTOR anywhere.
He said "maker", which as the owner of the company that NOW manufactures them, is TRUE.
You assumed he'd said "inventor", called him out on it, then made yourself look stupid by posting anonymously to justify your mistake when you yourself were called on it.
And yet, if you went into a record store and stole the physical item, you'd end up with a caution or possibly a $50 fine.
But because it's Internet related, for "stealing" (sic) the same content, they either try to bankrupt you (until they realised that didn't work, as the appeals court kept stepping in), so now they want to cut off your internet for life (without even a damn trial, never mind an appeal) ?
Who the hell keeps sanctioning these bills, and why do you morons keep voting them back in ?
Also, I'd take issue with your "only possible scenarios"...
You are guilty as charged
How exactly would they determine if the actual content you are downloading is actually theirs and actually infringes ? By the filename ? Don't think so. How many fakes are online these days that contain 1 second of video then some link to a site where you can download a "codec" (malware) to watch it ?
So by implication, to be 100% proof positive that you are infringing, they must ALSO download the exact same file from the exact same source to verify. Making them no better than anyone else.
And please, don't come back with some trite response about "it's obvious it was illegal, look at the name of the site" etc. Something illegal has to be PROVED to be so, "it's obvious" is not a valid method for prosecutors to use.
It's called due process, and in most civilised countries is a basic right. Seems first France and now the US have decided due process is only applicable when it doesn't involve corporate interests.
Someone else in your household is guilty; as the head of the household, you are responsible for preventing that.
Umm no... parents might be morally responsible, but not legally responsible for what their kids do. When a minor is considered "too young to be tried", they do not put the parents on trial as proxies. You really must stop believing what the MAFIAA are spoon feeding you.
"Your honour, defendant was found guilty of pirating the Tellytubbies. Whilst we acknowledge it was probably the defendant's 7 year old daughter who used the torrent, we highly recommend that you bankrupt the parents as an example to all other 7 years old females".
You are an idiot who doesn't know how to set up a secure WPA2 passphrase, and disconnecting you from the internet will be doing the world a favor.
Quite possibly, but last time I checked, "being an idiot" is neither a civil or a criminal matter. That hardly justifies having your internet cut off.
I'd like to point out that Bush is no longer in office, and in any case, do you really think Bush or anyone else gives a fuck about your score on Farmville or your Slashdot murmurings ?
Really, you DO have a choice, and a lot better one than a lot of people here... not wanting to take it because it might upset the delicately balanced tin-foil hat you are wearing is a different issue.
I sincerely hope you are using an anonymous proxy or TOR.
You aren't ? Then everything you do is a complete waste of time. The information gleaned from your User-Agent and IP data will probably be enough to identify you uniquely anyway.
Well it's more honest than most other religions. You know, the ones that attribute everything good htah happens to God / Jesus, and everything bad that happens to "something else". Hypocritical bastards.
A hell of a lot less than when you were alive and had to be visited at regular intervals, you lemon. And people had to bring you food. And medication. And possibly daily care. And trips out with the other old folks.
I could go on, but really, do I need to ?
You win the prize for the dumbest comment I've seen on Slashdot today.
Please, I'd love a quote, something definitive to point to as an example of his fear mongering
I delivered something, with exact date, time and place. You didn't like it, that's not my fault.
When someone says "this is one of the greatest threats", they are trying to instill a sense of fear into people... THREAT = SOMETHING BAD COULD HAPPEN !!!
"One of the greatest" implies this is something they are treating with top priority... even though Al Qaida are STILL in Afghanistan, Iraq is STILL fucked up, North Korea STILL do what they want, and the US is drowning in it's own debt.
But don't mind all those problems, lets all worry about the latest tin-pot raghead rattling his little curvy sword.
Iran COULD have been our friends, but it was the CIA that fucked up the democratically elected system and put the Shah in it's place. Now everyone in Iran hates you, you want to go in and have another try at spreading "US Democracy" (meaning YOUR version, or NO version right) ?
Fuck off, YOU FAILED, by trying to imply that Obama is anything new above the previous fearmongers that have inhabited the Whitehouse. No other country is fighting so many "wars" at the same time, and winning NONE of them. The face might change, but the bullshit remains the same.
War on Iraq War on Afghanistan War on Drugs War on Terrorism War on Piracy... and coming soon to a global theatre near you... War on Iran War on Pakistan ? War on North Korea ?
"And we can, then, more effectively deal with one of the greatest threats to the United States, Israel and world peace: Iran."
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) delivered the following remarks on Israel, Iran, Iraq and the Middle East to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Forum held on March 2, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois.
Iran might be a lot of things (mostly batshit crazy along with most of the Middle East), but exactly how many wars have THEY started (directly or indirectly) in the last 50 years ?
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There, completely safe from both Libel and Slander in all sensible jurisdictions.
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Yes, because the LAST thing you'd want advertisements to target is SOMETHING YOU'RE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN !
Much better everyone gets to punch the monkey !
Seriously, what is your problem with targeted ads ?
When you go into the same bar every day, the barman gets to know your usual tipple, and will often greet you with "Hello mate, the usual ?". You don't punch the fucker out shouting "stop invading my privacy with your tracking mechanisms".
Oh wait, a bar is outside the safety of the basement isn't it ?
You read the title ? I just look at the number of comments.
Anything over 800 automatically means a really derogatory Apple or Microsoft story.
Anything under 50 is most probably actual news for nerds and stuff that really matters.
If you'd taken the time to even read eldavojohn's post, you will not see the word INVENTOR anywhere.
He said "maker", which as the owner of the company that NOW manufactures them, is TRUE.
You assumed he'd said "inventor", called him out on it, then made yourself look stupid by posting anonymously to justify your mistake when you yourself were called on it.
Congrats on that, good job.
Tell me which part of my post ISN'T true then ?
Oh, that's right you can't. You were just behaving like a typical religious fanatic when someone criticizes your precious God.
iPedantry
Well it's obvious it isn't an Apple product just by looking at it.
Not shiny, less than $1000, not portable enough to take in the Starbucks ...
And most importantly, doesn't start with a fucking letter *i* !
Perhaps it's time the /. idiot filter was updated ... I mean, why would any *genuine* post need more than a couple of hyperlinks ?
And then when nothing happens, they'll repeat the experiment with 10kg of TNT strapped to the pig.
Come on, it's what they do in *every* episode.
The data for these games are hosted on Zynga servers, not Facebook servers. So, yes, the clock keeps running.
And yet, if you went into a record store and stole the physical item, you'd end up with a caution or possibly a $50 fine.
But because it's Internet related, for "stealing" (sic) the same content, they either try to bankrupt you (until they realised that didn't work, as the appeals court kept stepping in), so now they want to cut off your internet for life (without even a damn trial, never mind an appeal) ?
Who the hell keeps sanctioning these bills, and why do you morons keep voting them back in ?
Also, I'd take issue with your "only possible scenarios" ...
You are guilty as charged
How exactly would they determine if the actual content you are downloading is actually theirs and actually infringes ? By the filename ? Don't think so. How many fakes are online these days that contain 1 second of video then some link to a site where you can download a "codec" (malware) to watch it ?
So by implication, to be 100% proof positive that you are infringing, they must ALSO download the exact same file from the exact same source to verify. Making them no better than anyone else.
And please, don't come back with some trite response about "it's obvious it was illegal, look at the name of the site" etc. Something illegal has to be PROVED to be so, "it's obvious" is not a valid method for prosecutors to use.
It's called due process, and in most civilised countries is a basic right. Seems first France and now the US have decided due process is only applicable when it doesn't involve corporate interests.
Someone else in your household is guilty; as the head of the household, you are responsible for preventing that.
Umm no ... parents might be morally responsible, but not legally responsible for what their kids do. When a minor is considered "too young to be tried", they do not put the parents on trial as proxies. You really must stop believing what the MAFIAA are spoon feeding you.
"Your honour, defendant was found guilty of pirating the Tellytubbies. Whilst we acknowledge it was probably the defendant's 7 year old daughter who used the torrent, we highly recommend that you bankrupt the parents as an example to all other 7 years old females".
You are an idiot who doesn't know how to set up a secure WPA2 passphrase, and disconnecting you from the internet will be doing the world a favor.
Quite possibly, but last time I checked, "being an idiot" is neither a civil or a criminal matter. That hardly justifies having your internet cut off.
I'd like to point out that Bush is no longer in office, and in any case, do you really think Bush or anyone else gives a fuck about your score on Farmville or your Slashdot murmurings ?
Really, you DO have a choice, and a lot better one than a lot of people here ... not wanting to take it because it might upset the delicately balanced tin-foil hat you are wearing is a different issue.
I don't know how this system will work, with all the mistaken identity that goes on in France.
The copyright infringer is always going to be some guy named Jack Hughes.
They'd be better learning the lessons that the bishops stand very close behind the pawns, and are shaped like a bell-end.
It'll help them in real life when they have to experience the real thing.
That would be a valid counterpoint if we could account for every last person in the entire world.
There's always some damn monk, sat on a mountain, who seems to get missed form the surveys.
So perhaps it's safer NEVER to use the world "all", because with 14709 new births every hour, how could we possibly know if we were correct ?
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I sincerely hope you are using an anonymous proxy or TOR.
You aren't ? Then everything you do is a complete waste of time. The information gleaned from your User-Agent and IP data will probably be enough to identify you uniquely anyway.
Well it's more honest than most other religions. You know, the ones that attribute everything good htah happens to God / Jesus, and everything bad that happens to "something else". Hypocritical bastards.
That you can remember when Slashdot didn't suck donkey balls ?
Fair's fair, China has been buying an awful lot of US junk recently. Shares in Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Citigroup, to name just a few.
I wish there were more information about how they arrived at this rather startling conclusion in the popular accounts of it.
How many times ?
You do NOT question the scientists, they have been peer reviewed, you are just a skeptic denier terrorist hippy !
A hell of a lot less than when you were alive and had to be visited at regular intervals, you lemon. And people had to bring you food. And medication. And possibly daily care. And trips out with the other old folks.
I could go on, but really, do I need to ?
You win the prize for the dumbest comment I've seen on Slashdot today.
As per your request ...
Please, I'd love a quote, something definitive to point to as an example of his fear mongering
I delivered something, with exact date, time and place. You didn't like it, that's not my fault.
When someone says "this is one of the greatest threats", they are trying to instill a sense of fear into people ... THREAT = SOMETHING BAD COULD HAPPEN !!!
"One of the greatest" implies this is something they are treating with top priority ... even though Al Qaida are STILL in Afghanistan, Iraq is STILL fucked up, North Korea STILL do what they want, and the US is drowning in it's own debt.
But don't mind all those problems, lets all worry about the latest tin-pot raghead rattling his little curvy sword.
Iran COULD have been our friends, but it was the CIA that fucked up the democratically elected system and put the Shah in it's place. Now everyone in Iran hates you, you want to go in and have another try at spreading "US Democracy" (meaning YOUR version, or NO version right) ?
Fuck off, YOU FAILED, by trying to imply that Obama is anything new above the previous fearmongers that have inhabited the Whitehouse. No other country is fighting so many "wars" at the same time, and winning NONE of them. The face might change, but the bullshit remains the same.
War on Iraq ... and coming soon to a global theatre near you ...
War on Afghanistan
War on Drugs
War on Terrorism
War on Piracy
War on Iran
War on Pakistan ?
War on North Korea ?
"And we can, then, more effectively deal with one of the greatest threats to the United States, Israel and world peace: Iran."
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) delivered the following remarks on Israel, Iran, Iraq and the Middle East to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Forum held on March 2, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois.
Iran might be a lot of things (mostly batshit crazy along with most of the Middle East), but exactly how many wars have THEY started (directly or indirectly) in the last 50 years ?
I think he meant to say "IN MY OPINION"
Dr. Ann De Wees Allen is a CUNT!!
Dr. Ann De Wees Allen is a CUNT!!
Dr. Ann De Wees Allen is a CUNT!!
Dr. Ann De Wees Allen is a CUNT!!
Dr. Ann De Wees Allen is a CUNT!!
Dr. Ann De Wees Allen is a CUNT!!
Dr. Ann De Wees Allen is a CUNT!!
Dr. Ann De Wees Allen is a CUNT!!
There, completely safe from both Libel and Slander in all sensible jurisdictions.
Yes, but he's a Doctor of Everything. She's a Doctor of Nothing.
(Slashdot idly passing the time away. It's been 1 minute since you last successfully posted a comment. Hah).
Don't you have to chop off the existing one's head with a heavy sword and go through all that lightning and screaming bit first ?