Not to mention that both the Germans and Japanese were working to build their own atomic weapons. Had we waited a couple weeks or not used the bombs it is believed the Japanese could have launched their own atomic strikes on America.
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Screw my moderator points. You are an ignorant fuckwit. I'm so sick and tired of hearing how SUVs are funding terrorism yet you're the exact same kind of jackass who goes around making fun of the PATRIOT Act for being promoted as a way to "get those evil terrorists". If you drive an automobile of any kind you're paying for gas. So what if you spend less, you're still spending money on gas. Ergo, you are, by your dumbass logic, funding terrorism too. Get off your high fucking horse and say what you really mean, "I'm a poor fucking bastard who can't afford a nice SUV to drive around so I'm going to act morally superior by making fun of them." Personally I like SUVs because there are numerous times I find the cargo capacity to be invaluable and driving a pickup truck, or owning one as a second vehicle isn't really an option. Just because all you can afford is a crappy little Geo Metro or Yugo, don't try to fool us into believing you drive it by choice. Your life sucks but please do us all a favor and keep your whining to yourself. No one cares about your crappy life.
...slashbots miss the point. Rockstar didn't get busted because of the content in the game. They were busted for trying to conceal the content from the ESRB in hopes they would receive an M rating instead of an AO rating so they could sell the game in Wal-Mart. While I agree that people need to get a grip concerning sexual content in the game, slashbots need to improve their reading comprehension skills and quit using every opportunity like this to get on your soap box about how bad you think America is. What I find to be a far greater outrage is that one store can wield do much power over consumer choice. With the cost of producing video games surpassing that of most Hollywood film budgets, publishers need access to large chains like Wal-Mart for their businesses to remain profitable.
That shuts off the immediate attack but what if information about ground coordinators can be discovered? If you simply kill the connection you alert all involved that you're on to them. If you tap the connection you can arrest the involved parties who are on the airplane when they land AND you can also investigate and attempt arrests of those on the ground or on other planes.
But he wasn't acting as a whistle blower since he failed to take his accusations to law enforcement. Instead he essentially blackmailed his employer which is illegal.
It will STILL be legal to build your own DVR even with the broadcast flag, you'll just have to purchase a broadcast flag enabled TV card. Don't let facts stand in the way of your warped reality though. What's illegal now, and still will be even without the broadcast flag, is distributing digital recordings on the internet. The broadcast flag simply adds a layer of enforcement not currently present.
What happens when the contents of the boxed set finds its way to the P2P networks? Past actions dictate that thisis the most likely outcome and people will claim they want to make sure they like the other five episodes before they shell out money for the boxed set.
I don't really know where to begin because you are clearly a fucking moron. First of all, ideas are not copyrightable, only the expression of ideas are. This is a very important distinction lost on so many here on Slashdot. You are more than welcome to direct your own movie about rebels fighting an evil empire but when you use X-Wings and TIE Fighters, and characters named Luke Skywalker or Han Solo then you infringe upon George Lucas' expression of this idea.
Second, I have no idea what "rights of the masses" you are referring to. You can share anything you own, however you seem to be missing the point that you do not own the music, only the media it's on. You can do anything to that disc you want, including sharing it with your friends. Where you run afoul of the law is when you copy, distribute, perform (in the case of theater and music, etc.), display (in the case of paintings and sculpture, etc.), or create derivatives without the copyright owner's permission.
copyright grants those who create intellectual property the right to sell these rights to others. The music industry works under this model. They buy rights from the creators who in return receive access to large distribution channels and in some cases, enough money to earn a decent living as a singer/songwriter. In rare cases, people can earn an obscene amount of money. This is their right. Is it always fair? No, it isn't, but welcome to reality.
When people like you stop thinking you have some right to grab anything you want off the internet for free. You want change? Support musicians and directors who distribute their work the way you think they should.
I was under the impression that UNIX/Linux is so super secure it doesn't have virus problems. One could conclude that UNIX/Linux would have no need for an anti-virus application. If this is wrong, then people need to stop claiming that UNIX/Linux is not susceptable to viruses.
That's because employees are often considered "work for hire" under copyright law which means they transfer ownserhip of all intellectual property they create while employed by that company. When you hire a professional photographer they are not considered "work for hire" and you need to negotiate who owns the intellectual property created. Many freelancers work in this manner becasue it's the very ownership of the copyrights which keeps them from getting screwed down the road.
...and it never was. This began its life as Expression by a company called Creature House. Microsoft bought the company to get access to the unbelievably cool vector editing capabilities of Expression, likely for use in Longhorn's Avalon UI. Acrylic is Microsoft's first release of the app with their branding and small UI changes. Expression never had a good UI to begin with and Microsoft really has done nothing to improve or destroy it. However, this is, and never was a raster editing application. if it were to be compared to anything from Adobe it would be Illustrator.
The RIAA does not claim the CD is worth $20,000, they claim the penalties for infringing copyrights is up to $250,000. If you get caught swiping clothes from a deparment store you do not pay the value of the clothes and get sent on your way, you pay a penalty for breaking the law. Why are slashbots so obtuse?
Directories are dead but Spotlight didn't kill them, smart folders will. A lot of people here seem to be missing the point. No one is really going to want to search in spotlight everytime they need to find a specific file. However, uses will get used to the idea of setting up a smart folder to organize files for them. Mix that with effecient file grouping a la Windows XP and you have a great way to organize files on a whim. It's not here yet, even with tiger, bu give it a few revisions. Leopard may even bring more of this to bear but don't hold your breath.
"Linux will (and I'll go on a limb here) certainly run on the new Intel Macs."
You haven't even climbed the tree yet. Apple stated after the keynote that they will allow their Intel based Macs to run both Windows and Linux and they plan on doing nothing to hinder this though they will do nothing to support it either. However, they also stated that OS X for Intel will only run on their Intel based systems, not generic PCs or PCs from major distributors like Dell. I'll go out on a limb and suggest that HP may be given an opportunity to sell a branded OS X box sometime in the future in the same way they were granted permission to sell branded iPods.
"Public wireless is like roads and street lights."
Apparently you do not drive in New England. If the condition of the roads is any indication of the conditon of municipal wirelsss here than I'd rathe rpay Verizon or Comcast for the service thanks. Unfortunately I wouldn't get the money back from the taxes they've taken out for the service.
...how stupid the authors of articles like this one really are. I run Windows XP Professional SP2, Outlook 2003, IE, MS AntiSpyware, and I run my own website on IIS 5 all behind an MN-700 Firewall/Router (Microsoft's firewall/router running a variation of Windows CE). I have never had a virus or spyware running on my system. I thought these apps wre all vectors for this type of stuff? I am by no means a computer guru, I'm just a graphic designer who's resigned to the fact that computers are a part of my life that I need to deal with. It can't really be that hard to do what I do and keep your system free from problems.
"Exempt a value from being taxable on the parcel of land. Perhaps the highest average home price or whatever. Let us say that is $200k."
What part of the country are you living in? Where I live you'd be lucky to buy a doghouse for that much. I agree that the tax system needs to be overhauled but not at the expense of the rich. When you overtax the rich the rich find tax shelters overseas to hide their money. The middle class then picks up the slack and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay into a welfare state which does nothing to raise the standards of living for the poor and wean them off their current situation.
We don't have the equivalent of moral rights in US Copyright law. About the best we can do here is sell only certain rights to our creatons such as in music where it is common to aign away the mechanical rights while maintaining the publishing rights to a song.
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...Information just wants to be free. He didn't steal the information, he just copied it and shared it.
...and it's not the one in the living room.
...I'm guessing Microsoft doesn't fear it as much as you'd like them to. Here' a little extra reading for you, it should clear things up.
Not to mention that both the Germans and Japanese were working to build their own atomic weapons. Had we waited a couple weeks or not used the bombs it is believed the Japanese could have launched their own atomic strikes on America.
Screw my moderator points. You are an ignorant fuckwit. I'm so sick and tired of hearing how SUVs are funding terrorism yet you're the exact same kind of jackass who goes around making fun of the PATRIOT Act for being promoted as a way to "get those evil terrorists". If you drive an automobile of any kind you're paying for gas. So what if you spend less, you're still spending money on gas. Ergo, you are, by your dumbass logic, funding terrorism too. Get off your high fucking horse and say what you really mean, "I'm a poor fucking bastard who can't afford a nice SUV to drive around so I'm going to act morally superior by making fun of them." Personally I like SUVs because there are numerous times I find the cargo capacity to be invaluable and driving a pickup truck, or owning one as a second vehicle isn't really an option. Just because all you can afford is a crappy little Geo Metro or Yugo, don't try to fool us into believing you drive it by choice. Your life sucks but please do us all a favor and keep your whining to yourself. No one cares about your crappy life.
...make floursecent tubes that emit a decent color and intensity of light I might consider using them.
...slashbots miss the point. Rockstar didn't get busted because of the content in the game. They were busted for trying to conceal the content from the ESRB in hopes they would receive an M rating instead of an AO rating so they could sell the game in Wal-Mart. While I agree that people need to get a grip concerning sexual content in the game, slashbots need to improve their reading comprehension skills and quit using every opportunity like this to get on your soap box about how bad you think America is. What I find to be a far greater outrage is that one store can wield do much power over consumer choice. With the cost of producing video games surpassing that of most Hollywood film budgets, publishers need access to large chains like Wal-Mart for their businesses to remain profitable.
That shuts off the immediate attack but what if information about ground coordinators can be discovered? If you simply kill the connection you alert all involved that you're on to them. If you tap the connection you can arrest the involved parties who are on the airplane when they land AND you can also investigate and attempt arrests of those on the ground or on other planes.
But he wasn't acting as a whistle blower since he failed to take his accusations to law enforcement. Instead he essentially blackmailed his employer which is illegal.
It will STILL be legal to build your own DVR even with the broadcast flag, you'll just have to purchase a broadcast flag enabled TV card. Don't let facts stand in the way of your warped reality though. What's illegal now, and still will be even without the broadcast flag, is distributing digital recordings on the internet. The broadcast flag simply adds a layer of enforcement not currently present.
"Want five more? Come buy the boxed set."
What happens when the contents of the boxed set finds its way to the P2P networks? Past actions dictate that thisis the most likely outcome and people will claim they want to make sure they like the other five episodes before they shell out money for the boxed set.
I don't really know where to begin because you are clearly a fucking moron. First of all, ideas are not copyrightable, only the expression of ideas are. This is a very important distinction lost on so many here on Slashdot. You are more than welcome to direct your own movie about rebels fighting an evil empire but when you use X-Wings and TIE Fighters, and characters named Luke Skywalker or Han Solo then you infringe upon George Lucas' expression of this idea.
Second, I have no idea what "rights of the masses" you are referring to. You can share anything you own, however you seem to be missing the point that you do not own the music, only the media it's on. You can do anything to that disc you want, including sharing it with your friends. Where you run afoul of the law is when you copy, distribute, perform (in the case of theater and music, etc.), display (in the case of paintings and sculpture, etc.), or create derivatives without the copyright owner's permission.
copyright grants those who create intellectual property the right to sell these rights to others. The music industry works under this model. They buy rights from the creators who in return receive access to large distribution channels and in some cases, enough money to earn a decent living as a singer/songwriter. In rare cases, people can earn an obscene amount of money. This is their right. Is it always fair? No, it isn't, but welcome to reality.
"When will this madness cease?"
When people like you stop thinking you have some right to grab anything you want off the internet for free. You want change? Support musicians and directors who distribute their work the way you think they should.
I was under the impression that UNIX/Linux is so super secure it doesn't have virus problems. One could conclude that UNIX/Linux would have no need for an anti-virus application. If this is wrong, then people need to stop claiming that UNIX/Linux is not susceptable to viruses.
That's because employees are often considered "work for hire" under copyright law which means they transfer ownserhip of all intellectual property they create while employed by that company. When you hire a professional photographer they are not considered "work for hire" and you need to negotiate who owns the intellectual property created. Many freelancers work in this manner becasue it's the very ownership of the copyrights which keeps them from getting screwed down the road.
I say let them drop out and work in a fast food restaurant. more job opportunities for me :)
...and it never was. This began its life as Expression by a company called Creature House. Microsoft bought the company to get access to the unbelievably cool vector editing capabilities of Expression, likely for use in Longhorn's Avalon UI. Acrylic is Microsoft's first release of the app with their branding and small UI changes. Expression never had a good UI to begin with and Microsoft really has done nothing to improve or destroy it. However, this is, and never was a raster editing application. if it were to be compared to anything from Adobe it would be Illustrator.
"Is it possible to claim back the Internet ?"
Yes, eliminate anonymity on the Internet. Stop allowing spoofed IP, MAC, and e-mail addresses.
The RIAA does not claim the CD is worth $20,000, they claim the penalties for infringing copyrights is up to $250,000. If you get caught swiping clothes from a deparment store you do not pay the value of the clothes and get sent on your way, you pay a penalty for breaking the law. Why are slashbots so obtuse?
Directories are dead but Spotlight didn't kill them, smart folders will. A lot of people here seem to be missing the point. No one is really going to want to search in spotlight everytime they need to find a specific file. However, uses will get used to the idea of setting up a smart folder to organize files for them. Mix that with effecient file grouping a la Windows XP and you have a great way to organize files on a whim. It's not here yet, even with tiger, bu give it a few revisions. Leopard may even bring more of this to bear but don't hold your breath.
"Linux will (and I'll go on a limb here) certainly run on the new Intel Macs."
You haven't even climbed the tree yet. Apple stated after the keynote that they will allow their Intel based Macs to run both Windows and Linux and they plan on doing nothing to hinder this though they will do nothing to support it either. However, they also stated that OS X for Intel will only run on their Intel based systems, not generic PCs or PCs from major distributors like Dell. I'll go out on a limb and suggest that HP may be given an opportunity to sell a branded OS X box sometime in the future in the same way they were granted permission to sell branded iPods.
"Public wireless is like roads and street lights."
Apparently you do not drive in New England. If the condition of the roads is any indication of the conditon of municipal wirelsss here than I'd rathe rpay Verizon or Comcast for the service thanks. Unfortunately I wouldn't get the money back from the taxes they've taken out for the service.
...how stupid the authors of articles like this one really are. I run Windows XP Professional SP2, Outlook 2003, IE, MS AntiSpyware, and I run my own website on IIS 5 all behind an MN-700 Firewall/Router (Microsoft's firewall/router running a variation of Windows CE). I have never had a virus or spyware running on my system. I thought these apps wre all vectors for this type of stuff? I am by no means a computer guru, I'm just a graphic designer who's resigned to the fact that computers are a part of my life that I need to deal with. It can't really be that hard to do what I do and keep your system free from problems.
"Exempt a value from being taxable on the parcel of land. Perhaps the highest average home price or whatever. Let us say that is $200k."
What part of the country are you living in? Where I live you'd be lucky to buy a doghouse for that much. I agree that the tax system needs to be overhauled but not at the expense of the rich. When you overtax the rich the rich find tax shelters overseas to hide their money. The middle class then picks up the slack and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay into a welfare state which does nothing to raise the standards of living for the poor and wean them off their current situation.
We don't have the equivalent of moral rights in US Copyright law. About the best we can do here is sell only certain rights to our creatons such as in music where it is common to aign away the mechanical rights while maintaining the publishing rights to a song.