I wonder how many of these reports on other things (crime, drugs, copyright, etc) have been censored too in order to only give the government's point of view?
....But they won't do it. In case you hadn't seen it a few days ago TPB changed their logo to be "The Iran Bay" with links to materials helping protesters get their message out. The idea was even used in an April Fools gag a while back on their site about moving to North Korea.
About all that will go to these countries would be shady porn sites or for-profit warez groups. The rest will simply refuse because they care more about these issues than being "legal".
Lets see.... Have you noticed that when compared to other vendors your prices keep going up? Lets see, Windows XP Pro (OEM for system builders because I couldn't find anything else) currently costs $130 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116515), Windows Vista Business costs $139 for the same thing (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116475) and if you unlucky enough to not get a free Windows 7 upgrade, Windows 7 pro costs you $200 for even an upgrade version (http://redmondmag.com/articles/2009/06/25/windows-7-pricing-discounts-unveiled.aspx). On the other hand, Linux runs on the same hardware, is free, and support can range from free to pricey depending on distro, level of support you want and how many Linux-knowing techs you have. And if you had Mac hardware, the price to upgrade OSes would be $130 for Leopard (assuming in this that you had an x86 version of Tiger which as far as I know was not sold separately but bundled with the early x86 Macs) (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC094/Mac-OSX-Leopard?mco=MTIxMTY) and $30 for Snow Leopard when it comes out (http://www.pcworld.com/article/166327/5_things_you_should_know_about_snow_leopard.html). Sure, there is the costs of other things such as Mac only hardware, but either you aren't looking for alternatives or you are totally naive to see that MS has been screwing you with the price of its OS.
...I can watch Hulu (or any streaming video for that matter) in ~30 seconds. On the other hand, even on a decent connection it might take 30 minutes or more to successfully torrent a show (especially one with few seeders or one with all the episodes bundled together). There are times that I have a few minutes to kill and want to watch a show so I usually put on YouTube or Hulu rather than have to wait for my torrent to complete.
I've heard some terrible things about powerline ethernet (note that power over ethernet is a totally different thing than what I think you are talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PoE) such as the systems running hot, dropping connections and base on the reviews I've read on newegg, any of the systems less than $120 fail within a year.
ICANN needs to really put freedoms in front of money. For example, you should be able to register a trademarked domain name if
a) The site hosts content about that product
b) Does not mislead visitors
c) Has an alternative meaning (such as Apple.com being a site about different types of Apples)
d) If the actual business has at least three "high profile" domain names of the same thing (such as.com,.net,.org, or a high-profile country code such as.us,.uk,.de,.jp, etc.) so if Apple had registered apple.net, apple.org and apple.us and hadn't registered apple.com, the domain belongs to whoever registered it so long as it follows other regulations
Along with things stating that a domain name is not considered a trademark in and of itself and there is nothing ICANN can do to change them if these have been met (thus removing the quite idiotic statement in US law that you have to actively pursue takedowns on trademarks).
Actually, if I remember correctly there was a misspelling of Google that used to direct you to a site full of adware and other forms of malware. Not sure how much it really hurt Google but I imagine it was a pain for many users at that time.
That is stupid. What about misspellings? It makes perfect sense certain things to certain domains. If you have a UK site that is really uk.yourdomain.com, it might make sense to register yourdomain.uk that redirects to uk.yourdomain.com. Plus, what about misspellings? And the fact that different products go to the same company, for example, Nintendo might own nintendo.com, metroidprime3.com, fireemblem.com, mother3.com, etc.
This isn't much news, there are ads over most of my local stations with fake "self improvement" guides. My favorite was an ad that said "Hurricane season is near, are you prepared?", this ad was on a midwestern news station. Quite funny.
The point of locked content is to keep the game fresh. If the game mechanics are fun enough and the game is your genre/style you will find that you really like the hidden content because it keeps the game, especially the single player game fresh. Think of Halo, while you can beat the single player game in a few hours, getting all the skulls, beating it on every difficulty level and getting all the achievements makes the game have a lot more single player replay value.
Unlockable: Unlock All
To unlock everything in the game, insert the following code on your guitar at the title screen: Blue, Yellow, Orange, Red, Orange, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow.
I cant say that it works (don't own the game so I can't check) but Guitar Hero and other "sandbox" games usually have modes like that.
Plus it might bring some new talent. Also, I assure you - there is already enough past games which you'd love that you have things to play for the rest of your life. Sure, technical side of their visuals might be "obsolete"...but in this case who's "mainstream" now?
The problem with older games is they lack content. Compare the first Zelda to Ocarina of Time, both had the same plot however OOoT has so many minigames and places to explore that it became a more enjoyable experience while still being about as difficult as the first Zelda.
A lot of RPGs do that. The Tales series has the same option (though you have to manually do it) however your Exp goes way down, and you don't get any GRADE.
But public domain works belong to you, me and everyone. Locking them up under copyright is in a way "stealing" from us in the fact that we can't use them how we wish. The point of public domain was to allow everyone to do whatever they wanted to with the work, if they wanted to improve them, fine, if they wanted to sell them, fine, etc. However you can't do that when they effectively are under copyright again.
Google has nothing on Facebook, put a band as one of your favorite artists and the next day you will see "buy tickets for X now" ads. Others will say "we need people *insert your age* years old for a study".
Niche as in, only a few companies (~100) are going to need the same solutions. On the other hand the vast majority of servers will be for much, much, much less intense use. Then you have the problem that really Facebook isn't super profitable, Amazon is but they seem to be doing decent with their servers and have the spare cash to simply upgrade them. I mean, other than a few websites who needs a "perfect" server?
To build servers for companies like Facebook, and Amazon, and other people who are operating fairly homogeneous applications, the servers have to be cheap, and they have to be super power-efficient.
Hm, lets see... perhaps because Facebook and Amazon are niche markets? The average server isn't going to even need all the computing horsepower and the power efficiency is simply a drop in the bucket for most companies electrical bills. The average server is going to be much more I/O intensive than CPU intensive unless you do cluster computing or render a lot of stuff. The average server such as a web server or a file server doesn't use that much CPU and usually you are running 1-3 servers, not the hundreds that Facebook or Amazon would run.
And really, why is a VP complaining about this stuff? That he can't either afford custom solutions or spend the money buying more servers?
Um, most/.ers would be for a 10 year copyright with mandatory registration, decriminalization of personal file sharing, and clauses that allow non-commercial use of a product if it is abandoned. Most/.ers oppose criminalization of personal file sharing, long copyright such as the totally ridiculous life + 70 years, the ability for things to be lost when they are abandoned and oppose unreasonable penalties for infringement (such as only $50 or $100 a song, not $80000). You only need to look at a story where for-profit infringement to take place to see the majority condemns their actions.
Wrong, there is no copyrighted material hosted on TPB, only links to things that may, possibly contain copyrighted material. Can you point out exactly what Swedish laws they broke?
Not really.... I mean other than the goatse guy theres not much naked pictures here... And really, (especially compared to most of the internet such as YouTube) even our trolls are well written. Also, there isn't as much rickrolling here as on 4chan....
Sure, but the point was that when restricted, people will go from legitimate means to more shady means to get what they want. Unlike what the lawmakers think which is just that people will give up and be content. You can see that with drug laws, strict gun laws, etc.
Show me which part of Swedish law they violated. Show me the files on their site that were in violation of said law. Oh wait... Your just a troll with no evidence to back up your statements....
Well even though the thing in question is probably about Photoshop, I think the fact remains that you could do the same thing with photos and a porn magazine.
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I wonder how many of these reports on other things (crime, drugs, copyright, etc) have been censored too in order to only give the government's point of view?
....But they won't do it. In case you hadn't seen it a few days ago TPB changed their logo to be "The Iran Bay" with links to materials helping protesters get their message out. The idea was even used in an April Fools gag a while back on their site about moving to North Korea.
About all that will go to these countries would be shady porn sites or for-profit warez groups. The rest will simply refuse because they care more about these issues than being "legal".
Lets see.... Have you noticed that when compared to other vendors your prices keep going up? Lets see, Windows XP Pro (OEM for system builders because I couldn't find anything else) currently costs $130 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116515), Windows Vista Business costs $139 for the same thing (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116475) and if you unlucky enough to not get a free Windows 7 upgrade, Windows 7 pro costs you $200 for even an upgrade version (http://redmondmag.com/articles/2009/06/25/windows-7-pricing-discounts-unveiled.aspx). On the other hand, Linux runs on the same hardware, is free, and support can range from free to pricey depending on distro, level of support you want and how many Linux-knowing techs you have. And if you had Mac hardware, the price to upgrade OSes would be $130 for Leopard (assuming in this that you had an x86 version of Tiger which as far as I know was not sold separately but bundled with the early x86 Macs) (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC094/Mac-OSX-Leopard?mco=MTIxMTY) and $30 for Snow Leopard when it comes out (http://www.pcworld.com/article/166327/5_things_you_should_know_about_snow_leopard.html). Sure, there is the costs of other things such as Mac only hardware, but either you aren't looking for alternatives or you are totally naive to see that MS has been screwing you with the price of its OS.
...Or you can go to TPB and download that show, free of charge uncut. On the downside you don't get streaming like on Hulu.
...I can watch Hulu (or any streaming video for that matter) in ~30 seconds. On the other hand, even on a decent connection it might take 30 minutes or more to successfully torrent a show (especially one with few seeders or one with all the episodes bundled together). There are times that I have a few minutes to kill and want to watch a show so I usually put on YouTube or Hulu rather than have to wait for my torrent to complete.
I've heard some terrible things about powerline ethernet (note that power over ethernet is a totally different thing than what I think you are talking about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PoE) such as the systems running hot, dropping connections and base on the reviews I've read on newegg, any of the systems less than $120 fail within a year.
ICANN needs to really put freedoms in front of money. For example, you should be able to register a trademarked domain name if
.com, .net, .org, or a high-profile country code such as .us, .uk, .de, .jp, etc.) so if Apple had registered apple.net, apple.org and apple.us and hadn't registered apple.com, the domain belongs to whoever registered it so long as it follows other regulations
a) The site hosts content about that product
b) Does not mislead visitors
c) Has an alternative meaning (such as Apple.com being a site about different types of Apples)
d) If the actual business has at least three "high profile" domain names of the same thing (such as
Along with things stating that a domain name is not considered a trademark in and of itself and there is nothing ICANN can do to change them if these have been met (thus removing the quite idiotic statement in US law that you have to actively pursue takedowns on trademarks).
Actually, if I remember correctly there was a misspelling of Google that used to direct you to a site full of adware and other forms of malware. Not sure how much it really hurt Google but I imagine it was a pain for many users at that time.
That is stupid. What about misspellings? It makes perfect sense certain things to certain domains. If you have a UK site that is really uk.yourdomain.com, it might make sense to register yourdomain.uk that redirects to uk.yourdomain.com. Plus, what about misspellings? And the fact that different products go to the same company, for example, Nintendo might own nintendo.com, metroidprime3.com, fireemblem.com, mother3.com, etc.
This isn't much news, there are ads over most of my local stations with fake "self improvement" guides. My favorite was an ad that said "Hurricane season is near, are you prepared?", this ad was on a midwestern news station. Quite funny.
The point of locked content is to keep the game fresh. If the game mechanics are fun enough and the game is your genre/style you will find that you really like the hidden content because it keeps the game, especially the single player game fresh. Think of Halo, while you can beat the single player game in a few hours, getting all the skulls, beating it on every difficulty level and getting all the achievements makes the game have a lot more single player replay value.
Unlockable: Unlock All To unlock everything in the game, insert the following code on your guitar at the title screen: Blue, Yellow, Orange, Red, Orange, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow.
I cant say that it works (don't own the game so I can't check) but Guitar Hero and other "sandbox" games usually have modes like that.
Yes, yes there is. With god mode the game is still a game. You can do all sorts of strange things just for laughs.
Plus it might bring some new talent. Also, I assure you - there is already enough past games which you'd love that you have things to play for the rest of your life. Sure, technical side of their visuals might be "obsolete"...but in this case who's "mainstream" now?
The problem with older games is they lack content. Compare the first Zelda to Ocarina of Time, both had the same plot however OOoT has so many minigames and places to explore that it became a more enjoyable experience while still being about as difficult as the first Zelda.
A lot of RPGs do that. The Tales series has the same option (though you have to manually do it) however your Exp goes way down, and you don't get any GRADE.
But public domain works belong to you, me and everyone. Locking them up under copyright is in a way "stealing" from us in the fact that we can't use them how we wish. The point of public domain was to allow everyone to do whatever they wanted to with the work, if they wanted to improve them, fine, if they wanted to sell them, fine, etc. However you can't do that when they effectively are under copyright again.
Google has nothing on Facebook, put a band as one of your favorite artists and the next day you will see "buy tickets for X now" ads. Others will say "we need people *insert your age* years old for a study".
Niche as in, only a few companies (~100) are going to need the same solutions. On the other hand the vast majority of servers will be for much, much, much less intense use. Then you have the problem that really Facebook isn't super profitable, Amazon is but they seem to be doing decent with their servers and have the spare cash to simply upgrade them. I mean, other than a few websites who needs a "perfect" server?
To build servers for companies like Facebook, and Amazon, and other people who are operating fairly homogeneous applications, the servers have to be cheap, and they have to be super power-efficient.
Hm, lets see... perhaps because Facebook and Amazon are niche markets? The average server isn't going to even need all the computing horsepower and the power efficiency is simply a drop in the bucket for most companies electrical bills. The average server is going to be much more I/O intensive than CPU intensive unless you do cluster computing or render a lot of stuff. The average server such as a web server or a file server doesn't use that much CPU and usually you are running 1-3 servers, not the hundreds that Facebook or Amazon would run.
And really, why is a VP complaining about this stuff? That he can't either afford custom solutions or spend the money buying more servers?
Um, most /.ers would be for a 10 year copyright with mandatory registration, decriminalization of personal file sharing, and clauses that allow non-commercial use of a product if it is abandoned. Most /.ers oppose criminalization of personal file sharing, long copyright such as the totally ridiculous life + 70 years, the ability for things to be lost when they are abandoned and oppose unreasonable penalties for infringement (such as only $50 or $100 a song, not $80000). You only need to look at a story where for-profit infringement to take place to see the majority condemns their actions.
Wrong, there is no copyrighted material hosted on TPB, only links to things that may, possibly contain copyrighted material. Can you point out exactly what Swedish laws they broke?
Not really.... I mean other than the goatse guy theres not much naked pictures here... And really, (especially compared to most of the internet such as YouTube) even our trolls are well written. Also, there isn't as much rickrolling here as on 4chan....
Sure, but the point was that when restricted, people will go from legitimate means to more shady means to get what they want. Unlike what the lawmakers think which is just that people will give up and be content. You can see that with drug laws, strict gun laws, etc.
Show me which part of Swedish law they violated. Show me the files on their site that were in violation of said law. Oh wait... Your just a troll with no evidence to back up your statements....
Well even though the thing in question is probably about Photoshop, I think the fact remains that you could do the same thing with photos and a porn magazine.