So..., just to make clear. You are a pacifist yes? Because the army and the police each hurt other people all the time.
I'm more of an isolationist.
Also, what about in self defence?
I'm sure you could make an argument about the lesser wrongness, but I won't buy it.
You don't have to buy it. I'm not trying to convince you. If inaction will cause more misery and death than action, the only right thing to do is to take action.
If someone were trying to rape your wife or mother, she or you would be perfectly justified in using deadly force to stop it.
Well if they try hard enough they can not only alienate fans enough to stop unauthorized use but also interest.
Not where I'm from. Here, in Pittsburgh, people actually considered a ballot initiative to pay 0.5% in additional sales tax to pay for new stadiums for the Steelers and Pirated. Fortunately it failed, but it did get something like 30% of the people to vote for it.
Football is like a religion in this town. I have seen cocaine addicts get less excited about the prospect of another fix than Steelers fans.
If the NFL increased the price of tickets by one blowjob, there would be guys trying to talk their wives or girlfriends into doing it and some would probably do it themselves.
They tried to shutdown unauthorized fantasy football activities on the basis that the events that took place in the game are covered by their copyright and that all player stats are the results of those copyrighted events.
Sure, his wife is missing, but if there is no body then it's not clear that there has been a murder and even if there has been, there's no evidence to connect him to the deed.
"Hello Jack. I want to play a game. For more than a decade you've seen yourself as a moral crusader. You've attempted to dictate to others what music they should listen to and what video games they should play because of your own sense of ethics. Today is different. You are now chained to a chair with one pound of dynamite placed directly beneath your scrotum. This dynamite will explode in ten minutes. In front of you is a PC with the game Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas with the Hot Coffee mod. If you can guide CJ to all 50 oysters, and have sexually satisfy two of his girlfriends, your restraints will open. Can you put aside your closed-minded prejudice long enough to save yourself? The game has begun."
If you really wanted "utilitarian", you wouldn't even have boxes. An empty frame is cheaper, simpler, and easier to work with.
It doesn't block RFI if your case is open. For some people that's not an issue, for me it is. If I operate with my cases open, I get interference on my TV.
It's about as easy to make a wood frame as a metal one -- they're equally "utilitarian".
Can you stamp wood cases out of sheet wood?
Do you like grey and black for any particular reason, or simply because that's what you're used to?
They don't show dust or nicotine stains as much as lighter colors.
It may be the computing equivalent of "exposed bricks", but it's a statement, nonetheless.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice... I have heard the Rush song too.
I prefer my technology to be utilitarian. I like plain old boxen.
I like grey and black computers. I no longer really like beige though. Beige shows dust and nicotine stains too easily.
I respect the fact that some people like for their computers to mesh with the decor of the room in which they are placed but for me, I don't want my computing equipment to be a decorative statement. I just want it to work.
To understand why, consider that MS-DOS has never, ever had any remote exploits in a default install, in over twenty years of use, with a userbase orders of magnitude larger and less technically competent than OpenBSD.
Neither has my pocket calculator. DOS is not a fair target for comparison. DOS had no default method for remote connectivity.
Anyone who doesn't consider the difficulty (or lack thereof) with which an attacker can closely examine the inner workings of a piece of software to be a potential security issue, is an incompetent fool.
If it were only potential attackers looking, I'd completely agree with you, but it's not just attackers. It is also people looking to patch vulnerabilities.
A year and a half ago, I had a professor state matter of factly that Linux was less secure than Windows because anyone can look at the source code and find exploits.
Involuntarily, I screamed "WHAT?!" He paused and gave me a chance to speak, my response was to take the example of OpenBSD, it's Open Source too(different license, I know but that's not the point) and in the previous 8 years there had been exactly one remote exploit on a default install. Microsoft dreams of that kind of security.
He really had no response for that. What bother me though is how many times did he give that exact same speech to students who didn't know any better and just assumed that it was true because a high ranking professor had said it? So as these people leave college and become managers in IT, they'll carry the misconceptions that Professor Dvorak had placed in their heads.
Free software is also not advertised unlike commercial products, which means that managers can't even communciate, what is going on, to their kin.
Compare: "I recently negotiated a licencing deal with for , which i deemed to be the best solution because of " To: "Well, my IT guys implemented a working system on their own, using some software I can't pronounce and really don't understand."
My boss has no such problems. Imagine the above scenario where one manager makes your quoted presentation and the next one says "We got the project done, on time and we spent 40% less money than we did on the last similar project."
Did you get the job done? Does it work properly? Did you stay within budget? These are all more important questions than "Why don't I know more about your job than you do?"
Opposition to OSS is either based in ignorance or selfishness.
Nothing new here, you always had to be a real "YAHOO!" to believe in UFO's anyway.
You have to be a real dumb ass not to.
For years before the government officially debuted the B2 and F117A, people reported seeing them in the sky. Before they were identified, do you know what they were? Unidentified Flying Objects, yes UFOs.
UFOs exist, that much is not nor has it ever been in question. The only question is were any of them built and or piloted by beings who are not from Earth.
There's no concrete proof that there are extraterrestrial UFOs, but there is some evidence, albeit inconclusive.
Yes, I agree. I would certainly like to know the perfectly rational reason for driving 900 miles in diapers, and then tracking down and pepper-spraying someone you have never met, in an airport parking lot.
She planned to kick this woman's ass?
Granted, that's not an entirely savory activity, but it's a far cry from attempted kidnapping or murder.
I have kicked someone and lifted him off of his feet.
We're not talking about two people standing eye to eye and one of them shoving the other, a kick doesn't work like a shove. The mechanics of a good kick allow you to use the ground as a platform for stability. Your hips are used to transfer the momentum and the weight of your torso counteracts the deflection.
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So ..., just to make clear. You are a pacifist yes? Because the army and the police each hurt other people all the time.
I'm more of an isolationist.
Also, what about in self defence?
I'm sure you could make an argument about the lesser wrongness, but I won't buy it.
You don't have to buy it. I'm not trying to convince you.
If inaction will cause more misery and death than action, the only right thing to do is to take action.
If someone were trying to rape your wife or mother, she or you would be perfectly justified in using deadly force to stop it.
LK
Well if they try hard enough they can not only alienate fans enough to stop unauthorized use but also interest.
Not where I'm from. Here, in Pittsburgh, people actually considered a ballot initiative to pay 0.5% in additional sales tax to pay for new stadiums for the Steelers and Pirated. Fortunately it failed, but it did get something like 30% of the people to vote for it.
Football is like a religion in this town. I have seen cocaine addicts get less excited about the prospect of another fix than Steelers fans.
If the NFL increased the price of tickets by one blowjob, there would be guys trying to talk their wives or girlfriends into doing it and some would probably do it themselves.
LK
They're not saying you can't describe it.
They tried to shutdown unauthorized fantasy football activities on the basis that the events that took place in the game are covered by their copyright and that all player stats are the results of those copyrighted events.
LK
OK, that's pretty utilitarian. (nicely so, too)
I don't just talk it, I live it too.
LK
The Micheal Jackson case is a good one.
Don't forget OJ Simpson.
LK
Hans has not yet been convicted.
Sure, his wife is missing, but if there is no body then it's not clear that there has been a murder and even if there has been, there's no evidence to connect him to the deed.
LK
"Scratch a criminal, and sometimes you find a misguided entrepreneur, looking to get rich a little too quick.'"
You could say the same thing about crack dealers or contract killers, am I supposed to be sympathetic to them too?
I'm not bothered by the legal aspects as much as the ethical ones. If someone is hurting someone else, they're doing something wrong. End of story.
LK
LK
So how long until they start forcing you to (re)format the "empty" drive?
Even so, it's still easier to restore from backup than it is to pay $150,000 in fines.
LK
What kind of car do you drive? A black Element?
A Gray GMC S15 Jimmy.
LK
Neither do most gaming cases that are made from PLASTIC or variations.
Did you miss my point about prefering utilitarian cases?
Even metal frames dont block RFI as much as you THINK.
They block it enough to not interfere with my TV.
LK
Check the specs on the suissa, though. They're likely to be better that what you're running :)
Maybe, but they don't look as good.
Besides for $5700, the computer had better be fast no matter how it looks.
LK
If you really wanted "utilitarian", you wouldn't even have boxes. An empty frame is cheaper, simpler, and easier to work with.
It doesn't block RFI if your case is open. For some people that's not an issue, for me it is. If I operate with my cases open, I get interference on my TV.
It's about as easy to make a wood frame as a metal one -- they're equally "utilitarian".
Can you stamp wood cases out of sheet wood?
Do you like grey and black for any particular reason, or simply because that's what you're used to?
They don't show dust or nicotine stains as much as lighter colors.
It may be the computing equivalent of "exposed bricks", but it's a statement, nonetheless.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice... I have heard the Rush song too.
LK
I prefer my technology to be utilitarian. I like plain old boxen.
I like grey and black computers. I no longer really like beige though. Beige shows dust and nicotine stains too easily.
I respect the fact that some people like for their computers to mesh with the decor of the room in which they are placed but for me, I don't want my computing equipment to be a decorative statement. I just want it to work.
LK
Or does this mean that if you transfer a video file (which might or might not be something that you own the copyright for)
Didn't the Cleanflix case make it illegal to alter video without the consent of the copyright holder?
LK
My thoughts exactly. But, I thought that the $44.00 plan didn't include "everything".
Voicemail, Caller-Id, Three-Way calling and all of that...
There is a downside though, I don't know what part of the 'burgh you're from but Cricket's coverage really sucks in some areas.
I've seen signals become intermittant in the low lying areas of the eastern suburbs.
LK
I've ruled out fanboy. You're either a paid shill or you enjoy being contrary.
LK
I read through your posting history and it only left me with questions.
Are you a paid Microsoft shill, a fanboy or someone who gets a kick out of being contrary?
LK
To understand why, consider that MS-DOS has never, ever had any remote exploits in a default install, in over twenty years of use, with a userbase orders of magnitude larger and less technically competent than OpenBSD.
Neither has my pocket calculator. DOS is not a fair target for comparison. DOS had no default method for remote connectivity.
Anyone who doesn't consider the difficulty (or lack thereof) with which an attacker can closely examine the inner workings of a piece of software to be a potential security issue, is an incompetent fool.
If it were only potential attackers looking, I'd completely agree with you, but it's not just attackers. It is also people looking to patch vulnerabilities.
LK
Libertarians tend to be liberals who want to smoke weed without government intrusion and don't want to pay taxes.
LK
A year and a half ago, I had a professor state matter of factly that Linux was less secure than Windows because anyone can look at the source code and find exploits.
Involuntarily, I screamed "WHAT?!" He paused and gave me a chance to speak, my response was to take the example of OpenBSD, it's Open Source too(different license, I know but that's not the point) and in the previous 8 years there had been exactly one remote exploit on a default install. Microsoft dreams of that kind of security.
He really had no response for that. What bother me though is how many times did he give that exact same speech to students who didn't know any better and just assumed that it was true because a high ranking professor had said it? So as these people leave college and become managers in IT, they'll carry the misconceptions that Professor Dvorak had placed in their heads.
LK
Free software is also not advertised unlike commercial products, which means that managers can't even communciate, what is going on, to their kin.
Compare: "I recently negotiated a licencing deal with for , which i deemed to be the best solution because of "
To: "Well, my IT guys implemented a working system on their own, using some software I can't pronounce and really don't understand."
My boss has no such problems. Imagine the above scenario where one manager makes your quoted presentation and the next one says "We got the project done, on time and we spent 40% less money than we did on the last similar project."
Did you get the job done? Does it work properly? Did you stay within budget? These are all more important questions than "Why don't I know more about your job than you do?"
Opposition to OSS is either based in ignorance or selfishness.
LK
Nothing new here, you always had to be a real "YAHOO!" to believe in UFO's anyway.
You have to be a real dumb ass not to.
For years before the government officially debuted the B2 and F117A, people reported seeing them in the sky. Before they were identified, do you know what they were? Unidentified Flying Objects, yes UFOs.
UFOs exist, that much is not nor has it ever been in question. The only question is were any of them built and or piloted by beings who are not from Earth.
There's no concrete proof that there are extraterrestrial UFOs, but there is some evidence, albeit inconclusive.
LK
Yes, I agree. I would certainly like to know the perfectly rational reason for driving 900 miles in diapers, and then tracking down and pepper-spraying someone you have never met, in an airport parking lot.
She planned to kick this woman's ass?
Granted, that's not an entirely savory activity, but it's a far cry from attempted kidnapping or murder.
LK
I have kicked someone and lifted him off of his feet.
We're not talking about two people standing eye to eye and one of them shoving the other, a kick doesn't work like a shove. The mechanics of a good kick allow you to use the ground as a platform for stability. Your hips are used to transfer the momentum and the weight of your torso counteracts the deflection.
LK