The guy just wants to play a DVD on his TV without hassle. He's expressed that he's a busy guy. You're suggesting that he spend more time breaking the law to rip DVD's. Maybe he wants to use his computer instead of spending 5 hours ripping a DVD for every 90 minutes of viewing time.
Sure, play devils advocate, but, none of the parent's points are invalid. He is of course, just expressing his personal preferences.
We are talking about putting a person in jail, depriving them of their liberty, because of the click of a button. I do not feel that this in the spirit of the law. While it is true, that "poking" someone requires an active decision to electronically reach out and touch the other person I do not feel that this "crime" is worth of putting someone in jail.
Now, my postulate assumes that the "victim" could have just un-friended the person to prevent being poked by that person.
The perpetrator logs onto facebook, see's her adversary, and clicks a button. This is similar to the perpetrator seeing her adversary at the grocery store and looking at them, or even winking or waving at them. A "poke" is not a well formed sentence. It is different than what I think the law suggests as a form of communication. What did she communicate exactly?
Restraining orders happen all the time. They do not necessarily imply any actual crime has been committed, and do not require trial by jury. People can also be harassed by having unjust restraining orders applied against them.
You can't really stop someone from looking at you, or waving, or raising their eyebrows, etc... in public. You can look away. Just like the victim could un-friend them.
I do not agree with depriving someone of their liberty because of one "poke".
You said you may only make 'a' copy. And you said that installing from media constitutes a copy. To clarify, the law says that you can also make an archival (backup) copy. You know, in case your CD gets scratched. From copyright.gov:
Under section 117, you or someone you authorize may make a copy of an original computer program if:
* the new copy is being made for archival (i.e., backup) purposes only;
* you are the legal owner of the copy; and
* any copy made for archival purposes is either destroyed, or transferred with the original copy, once the original copy is sold, given away, or otherwise transferred.
Give credit where credit is due. Autoruns and Process Monitor are from Sysinternals, bought out by Microsoft, who then removed all the free source code.
But, for calculus, you may be forced to use Mathcad, which you will need to install in Virtualbox.
There also may be some other trivial programs that require Windows. But, you will almost always have lab computers available for these.
You may have to use Texmaker for math classes: aptitude install texmaker in Kubuntu.
At my school, nobody prints from their laptops, so running linux on your laptop isn't much of an issue as long as you save your office documents in MS Word format.
I just re-read the parent and realized he was making the same point. I thought he was trying to say that cancer and overpopulation were examples of evolution.
1. Cancer is not an organism. It's an undesirable mutation.
2. Undesirable traits are not usually identified as evolution. To evolve implies continued survival of the species, otherwise the species was unable to evolve. An undesirable trait that leads to extinction, such as human overpopulation or habitat destruction, is therefore not an example of evolution.
You guys are arguing about the non-payment of his $20 bill, rather than arguing against search and seizure without a warrant. Our founding fathers had very good arguments for creating a system of "checks and balances". But, these safeguards are being eroded at an exponential rate while most people don't seem to understand that power corrupts. We must be highly suspect of any attempt to reduce oversight in our government.
No, you're not missing anything. What's been said is that if someone has access to your user account, it's pretty easy for them to gain root. If all you care about is protecting your data, then you are compromised enough. But, maybe the hacker/worm doesn't care about your data, and just wants your computer... to say, be a zombie for a DOS attack or for an ftp server.
This was a very informative post. Obviously, YourExcellency has sinned so his default '1' score will prevent anyone from learning about the South Korean government's ironic location change.
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The guy just wants to play a DVD on his TV without hassle. He's expressed that he's a busy guy. You're suggesting that he spend more time breaking the law to rip DVD's. Maybe he wants to use his computer instead of spending 5 hours ripping a DVD for every 90 minutes of viewing time.
Sure, play devils advocate, but, none of the parent's points are invalid. He is of course, just expressing his personal preferences.
It looks like Darl McBride got a new job.
We are talking about putting a person in jail, depriving them of their liberty, because of the click of a button. I do not feel that this in the spirit of the law. While it is true, that "poking" someone requires an active decision to electronically reach out and touch the other person I do not feel that this "crime" is worth of putting someone in jail.
Now, my postulate assumes that the "victim" could have just un-friended the person to prevent being poked by that person.
The perpetrator logs onto facebook, see's her adversary, and clicks a button. This is similar to the perpetrator seeing her adversary at the grocery store and looking at them, or even winking or waving at them. A "poke" is not a well formed sentence. It is different than what I think the law suggests as a form of communication. What did she communicate exactly?
Restraining orders happen all the time. They do not necessarily imply any actual crime has been committed, and do not require trial by jury. People can also be harassed by having unjust restraining orders applied against them.
You can't really stop someone from looking at you, or waving, or raising their eyebrows, etc... in public. You can look away. Just like the victim could un-friend them.
I do not agree with depriving someone of their liberty because of one "poke".
Choose a non-gender-specific handle.
Now I have to worry about it being radioactive and/or toxic?
You said you may only make 'a' copy. And you said that installing from media constitutes a copy. To clarify, the law says that you can also make an archival (backup) copy. You know, in case your CD gets scratched. From copyright.gov:
Under section 117, you or someone you authorize may make a copy of an original computer program if:
* the new copy is being made for archival (i.e., backup) purposes only;
* you are the legal owner of the copy; and
* any copy made for archival purposes is either destroyed, or transferred with the original copy, once the original copy is sold, given away, or otherwise transferred.
Assimilate this!
Give credit where credit is due. Autoruns and Process Monitor are from Sysinternals, bought out by Microsoft, who then removed all the free source code.
If it's a huge waste, it might not be your smartest move.
Just buy some bulk toner and refill your own toner cartridges for a couple dollars. It's easy, albeit a bit messy.
ahahah dumb English people think that "bum" is a bad word.
But, for calculus, you may be forced to use Mathcad, which you will need to install in Virtualbox. There also may be some other trivial programs that require Windows. But, you will almost always have lab computers available for these. You may have to use Texmaker for math classes: aptitude install texmaker in Kubuntu. At my school, nobody prints from their laptops, so running linux on your laptop isn't much of an issue as long as you save your office documents in MS Word format.
That's a whole yotta watts.
converter? You click your location in google, and it returns a table of all the next flyby times. Please and thank you.
I just re-read the parent and realized he was making the same point. I thought he was trying to say that cancer and overpopulation were examples of evolution.
2. Undesirable traits are not usually identified as evolution. To evolve implies continued survival of the species, otherwise the species was unable to evolve. An undesirable trait that leads to extinction, such as human overpopulation or habitat destruction, is therefore not an example of evolution.
You guys are arguing about the non-payment of his $20 bill, rather than arguing against search and seizure without a warrant. Our founding fathers had very good arguments for creating a system of "checks and balances". But, these safeguards are being eroded at an exponential rate while most people don't seem to understand that power corrupts. We must be highly suspect of any attempt to reduce oversight in our government.
Why would you advocate finding someone via their cellphone?
Thoughts like that lead to the gov't knowing your every move. Please, Slashdotters, be pro-privacy.
Karma's a bitch.
At least he doesn't screech "banana phone".
You have a habit of leaving the last letters off words.
No, you're not missing anything. What's been said is that if someone has access to your user account, it's pretty easy for them to gain root. If all you care about is protecting your data, then you are compromised enough. But, maybe the hacker/worm doesn't care about your data, and just wants your computer... to say, be a zombie for a DOS attack or for an ftp server.
((((((56.6/8)*60)*60)*24)*30)/1024)/1024 = 17.49
Why the hell would I pay $15 for 1GB a month when I can get over 17GB for $10 just using dialup?
slashcode doesn't allow equals symbol?
Why the hell would I pay $15 for 1GB a month when I can get over 17GB for $10 just using dialup?
This was a very informative post. Obviously, YourExcellency has sinned so his default '1' score will prevent anyone from learning about the South Korean government's ironic location change.
Ack! Learn punctuation. I can't do anything but overlook your post.