Heh... I love that... The current (lame) quality of iCrave will be outdated in 18 months. How long has your 'technology' (that is, the standard movie reels/ways of distributing them) be around? 18 years? more like 81 years. Hmmmm... Why should your technology be exempt from the 18 months deal? Oh yeah, thats right... you OWN it and refuse to let people change it. What makes him feel like he is immune to competition (like DeCSS)? The way he talks, one feels like he thinks he should be immune to competition through some God-given right or something. Like he doesn't have to keep up to stay in charge, the Gov't will just protect him `cause he says so... wait... that is how it works... *grumble*
-Elendale (Boycot the MPAA! Read a book! They don't own any of those yet!)
Well we were concerned about it, but we did not cajole the prosecutor in Norway to do something about this. This was an effort undertaken by the law enforcement authorities in Norway. Now, I'm not criticizing them though. I wholeheartedly endorse what they did.
That frightens me. Nowhere does it say MPAA didn't 'politely' ask Norway to arrest him. The effort was undertaken by the authorities, but maybe not without outside influence. Maybe I'm just a paranoid nutcase, but also it is interesting that he was brought to the US to be tried... Hmmmm....
On a somewhat unrelated note, isn't the MPAA responsible for Princess Mononoke (Excellent, btw, well worth the $15 I paid to see it 3 times in a row:)) being at least 5 miles away from my home? I had to actually go to a non-liscensed (read: illegal) theatre to see it... *curse, swear, flame*
Interesting you should bring up the anime subject:) It allows me to use more of my Completely Useless Knowledge (TM)... In any case, The origins of Anime are in the Kabuki theatre. Kabuki started off using young, female whores to put on sexually explicit plays (believe it or not). Briefly imagine a typical play back then and the audience. Now imagine the Gov't reaction: Ban women in theatre (That's right! The japs started off with women in theatre, of course it was still sexist... but anyway). This didn't stop them though, the Kabuki just used young, male whores instead. Theatre in Japan is still traditionally male-dominated, but probably not with the young, male whores anymore. While most of that is offtopic, it leads up to something that isn't: Around the 16th (I think) century, or maybe the 17th, political pressure was high and critizing government lead to big problems. One of the ways this was combatted was by using charicatures of the government. If the local lord was similar in manner to a bear, then those who protested him would use a bear to symbolize him. This eventually brings us to Anime. While more depth would be needed to create the full picture, I'm sure all you out there can find some information. You're all smart people, use a library or something. Now that this post is sure to be marked offtopic I'll actually make some useful suggestions! One of the key Japanese tactics was deception, misdirection, and/or sneaky manipulative stuff. Its effective for a reason (tho if caught it makes you look like scum) and isn't that difficult to pull off against stupid US citizens. It has been proven to not work on extreme religous zealots though as they will just try to kill anything opposed to them. In any case it boils down to this:
1: If you are far away, pretend to be nearby. If your are weak pretend to be strong, if you are strong feign weakness. Overall, make sure your enemy (wrong word perhaps, but still) cannot effectively attack you. 2: When you come under fire, attack the attack. If you remove the method of attack there is no way to lose, unless of course your opponent follows rule #1 The idea here is to create a loss of credibility in your enemy. If their allies feel it is worthless to continue, they probably won't. 3: The sneaky manipulative stuff is more difficult. Most of the time it involves attacking the weakest link, admitting defeat overall. If done correctly you can appear to be on the verge of defeat and then make it appear like a flawless win. Most of the time in a verbal/logical dispute it comes down to leading your opponents down a train of thought. Cause them to think in one way and give them plenty to use, while making sure it will all be used to your own advantage at some later date.
This is mainly a paraphrase of Japanese tactics thousands of years old (so don't go flaming me: HEY! You just copied out of The Book of Five Rings/Scrolls/Spheres/whichever translation you like). Who knows, it might work...
-Elendale (Yes, I know that the original post was about anime in the last 20 years or so, but I couldn't resist spamming you all, so sorry ^_^)
Yeah, the ISP can track your requests etc. but AOL uses a program that allows them to see what you actually do in the web browser. The way to tell is if there is a little aol symbol instead of the netscape/IE symbol. Note that this program stays even AFTER you remove AOL, but can be removed by installing a new (non-aol type) browser. Another easy way to tell is if on top of your browser it says something to the effect of "netscape provided by aol" or something like that.
Software is a service. Well, not actually, but it should be legally considered a service and NOT a good. There is a huge difference between goods and services, that is services can be copied. If one person is going out and shovelling snow for old ladies, someone else can do the same. I admit this isn't the best example, but its the right idea. Hardware (i.e. the DVDs themselves, computers, disks, etc) is not the same as software! Oh well, something for future generations to sort out...
-Elendale (The AFSP (Association For.Sig Protection) is preventing me from placing anything here.)
Ahhhh yes, a use for my Shadowrun experience:) Not sure about you, but I know exactly how to take down the totalitarian corporations...
insert large explosion here
Seriously though, Shadowrun is what I thought of when I read the results of the case. Reverse engineering is only suitable for non-protected products? Then reverse engineering is dead in the water. All a company has to do is to 'protect' its products in some way or another and they can point and yell "HEY! Look! That person is reverse engineering an encrypted product! Reverse engineering only applies to non-encrypted products, and we don't make any of those"
-Elendale (This space was deemed illegal by the US courts)
Be careful about that! AOL can track your netscape usage without your knowledge. DON'T use the netscape that AOL writes in (overwrites previous versions) because it has a built in tracker... I believe Slashdot covered the ability to do this a while back...
-Elendale (Big Brother will now be known by an acronym...)
It gets worse with the new upgrades. My parents were foolish enough to install it. I couldn't get a new ISP until i wiped the HD. I think it actually writes to the windows software or something, or maybe my parents are at fault here... Oh, and I am forced to use AOL so I kinda-sorta knew what I was doing...
-Elendale (I will never eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever use AOL again)
Building lego stuff gets higher grades... *drool* Now i'm going to get great test results:) Of course there is that part about 'human interaction' but hey, i would still ace it!
-Elendale (Would you like to see my fully-functional home built with legos? How about my exo-skeletal cybernetic armor?)
Scientists have already slowed the speed of light to somewhere around 50Km/h or so. Can't quite remember where the story is located, anyone have a link? BTW, it was done by sending light through substances at near absolute zero temps.
-Elendale (err... I have nothing witty to say here)
I've just patented the process in which chemical and electrical signals interact in the human brain, or the process more commonly known as 'thought.' Pay up or I'll sue. Its $3 US for 1 hour of thought, by the way.
-Elendale (I also own the process known as 'digestion,' have a nice day)
Now I have a question. One of the tricks the Transmeta processors use to get faster is locking the OS into ROM memory. This is nice and good, but in another 3-4 years I'll want to use the next version of the OS to get better drivers, more efficient code, etc. With the Transmeta chips wouldn't it be impossible to upgrade? Please correct me if I'm wrong because I really want one of those things!
-Elendale (I know the driver is a bad example, so don't correct that!)
I already have the entire transcript from the public release. Here it is:
At Transmeta we believe in giving at least some information out periodically. Therefore we have decided to release information about our new 'crusoe' processor. We actually just chose a random name. It has nothing at all to do with the processor's functionality/usability. Thank you for your time.
And nowwwwww i'm frightened... I declare myself the first Smargle Hunter! I will hunt down and destroy all smargles! Yeah! With my Kustom-built Mega Blaster I can vaporize legions in a single shot! DIE FOOLS!
Or what about that one guy in the group who was so freaking lucky. I had a mage play who was more effective in combat just due to the fact that he rolled 3 twenties in a row, then rolled an 18 and called it bad luck. Worst part was we had the 20s give you extra attacks rule *fear mages who kill dragons with thrown daggers*
Haha! There are still tons of people around like that. Just last night I was flaming a religious zealot who has a website about killing evil RPG'ers and martial artists. erk... In any case, it has been conclusively proven (in every case I have looked at) at levels up to the Supreme Court that D&D has NEVER been the cause of a suicide or murder, or even aided. In several studies D&D has actually been shown to reduce chances of suicide, etc.
-Elendale (actually had to prove this to my high school once...)
Plenty of other people pull the same stunts, and deserve to be reprimanded for them. This is true. There are probably hundreds of ISPs who offer equivalent or worse service than AOL. The destinction (for me) arises in the fact that most of these others don't go around advertising the ease of use and quality of their product. Approx. 50% of the net users fall under the catagory that are fed lies and propaganda (not to mention free AOL CDs). The problem isn't the service alone, but the scale of the crime. Theft is theft, but when its a $250 billion theft, it counts a bit more than ripping off the local grocery store.
-Elendale (should stop posting anti-AOL posts)
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Actually, upon testing other ISPs i've been able to get around 11-12 kbps... Perhaps the time spent waiting to connect/waiting for busy signals should be factored in also. Plus the time lost for having to multi-task with AOL always open in the background (not to mention IE3 or whatever they're using also open again)
I'm not saying companies should be unable to make some money on the genes. My worry is that the cost of an easy and lifesaving procedure will be several million bucks, out of the price range of most people (triangle distribution of wealth y'know), when it could be a $20 shot given in your local clinic. Until a company proves they can handle power on that scale (when demand is ultra-high) I will keep my position
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-Elendale (Boycot the MPAA! Read a book! They don't own any of those yet!)
That frightens me. Nowhere does it say MPAA didn't 'politely' ask Norway to arrest him. The effort was undertaken by the authorities, but maybe not without outside influence. Maybe I'm just a paranoid nutcase, but also it is interesting that he was brought to the US to be tried... Hmmmm....
On a somewhat unrelated note, isn't the MPAA responsible for Princess Mononoke (Excellent, btw, well worth the $15 I paid to see it 3 times in a row-Elendale (Chops off heads with arrows...)
In any case, The origins of Anime are in the Kabuki theatre. Kabuki started off using young, female whores to put on sexually explicit plays (believe it or not). Briefly imagine a typical play back then and the audience. Now imagine the Gov't reaction: Ban women in theatre (That's right! The japs started off with women in theatre, of course it was still sexist... but anyway). This didn't stop them though, the Kabuki just used young, male whores instead. Theatre in Japan is still traditionally male-dominated, but probably not with the young, male whores anymore.
While most of that is offtopic, it leads up to something that isn't: Around the 16th (I think) century, or maybe the 17th, political pressure was high and critizing government lead to big problems. One of the ways this was combatted was by using charicatures of the government. If the local lord was similar in manner to a bear, then those who protested him would use a bear to symbolize him. This eventually brings us to Anime. While more depth would be needed to create the full picture, I'm sure all you out there can find some information. You're all smart people, use a library or something.
Now that this post is sure to be marked offtopic I'll actually make some useful suggestions! One of the key Japanese tactics was deception, misdirection, and/or sneaky manipulative stuff. Its effective for a reason (tho if caught it makes you look like scum) and isn't that difficult to pull off against stupid US citizens. It has been proven to not work on extreme religous zealots though as they will just try to kill anything opposed to them. In any case it boils down to this:
1: If you are far away, pretend to be nearby. If your are weak pretend to be strong, if you are strong feign weakness. Overall, make sure your enemy (wrong word perhaps, but still) cannot effectively attack you.
This is mainly a paraphrase of Japanese tactics thousands of years old (so don't go flaming me: HEY! You just copied out of The Book of Five Rings/Scrolls/Spheres/whichever translation you like). Who knows, it might work...2: When you come under fire, attack the attack. If you remove the method of attack there is no way to lose, unless of course your opponent follows rule #1 The idea here is to create a loss of credibility in your enemy. If their allies feel it is worthless to continue, they probably won't.
3: The sneaky manipulative stuff is more difficult. Most of the time it involves attacking the weakest link, admitting defeat overall. If done correctly you can appear to be on the verge of defeat and then make it appear like a flawless win. Most of the time in a verbal/logical dispute it comes down to leading your opponents down a train of thought. Cause them to think in one way and give them plenty to use, while making sure it will all be used to your own advantage at some later date.
-Elendale (Yes, I know that the original post was about anime in the last 20 years or so, but I couldn't resist spamming you all, so sorry ^_^)
-Elendale (That's a pretty big number, if you think about it...)
-Elendale (fears big brother)
-Elendale (The AFSP (Association For .Sig Protection) is preventing me from placing anything here.)
Not sure about you, but I know exactly how to take down the totalitarian corporations...
insert large explosion here
Seriously though, Shadowrun is what I thought of when I read the results of the case. Reverse engineering is only suitable for non-protected products? Then reverse engineering is dead in the water. All a company has to do is to 'protect' its products in some way or another and they can point and yell "HEY! Look! That person is reverse engineering an encrypted product! Reverse engineering only applies to non-encrypted products, and we don't make any of those"-Elendale (This space was deemed illegal by the US courts)
-Elendale (Big Brother will now be known by an acronym...)
-Elendale (I will never eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever use AOL again)
-Elendale (*drool*)
-Elendale (Would you like to see my fully-functional home built with legos? How about my exo-skeletal cybernetic armor?)
-Elendale (err... I have nothing witty to say here)
-Elendale (I also own the process known as 'digestion,' have a nice day)
-Elendale (I know the driver is a bad example, so don't correct that!)
-Elendale (gets that stary-eyed face)
At Transmeta we believe in giving at least some information out periodically. Therefore we have decided to release information about our new 'crusoe' processor. We actually just chose a random name. It has nothing at all to do with the processor's functionality/usability. Thank you for your time.
-Elendale (You know its going to happen!)I declare myself the first Smargle Hunter!
I will hunt down and destroy all smargles! Yeah! With my Kustom-built Mega Blaster I can vaporize legions in a single shot! DIE FOOLS!
-Elendale (*wave* bye karma)
-Elendale (or if you can only roll 1s...)
In any case, it has been conclusively proven (in every case I have looked at) at levels up to the Supreme Court that D&D has NEVER been the cause of a suicide or murder, or even aided. In several studies D&D has actually been shown to reduce chances of suicide, etc.
-Elendale (actually had to prove this to my high school once...)
-Elendale (laughs at dead dragons pulled by ropes across the background)
-Elendale (Would you believe that in some states cops ask 'do you play FRPs (fantasy role playing games)' when you are arrested?)
-Elendale (can)
This is true. There are probably hundreds of ISPs who offer equivalent or worse service than AOL. The destinction (for me) arises in the fact that most of these others don't go around advertising the ease of use and quality of their product. Approx. 50% of the net users fall under the catagory that are fed lies and propaganda (not to mention free AOL CDs). The problem isn't the service alone, but the scale of the crime. Theft is theft, but when its a $250 billion theft, it counts a bit more than ripping off the local grocery store.
-Elendale (should stop posting anti-AOL posts)
Actually, upon testing other ISPs i've been able to get around 11-12 kbps...
Perhaps the time spent waiting to connect/waiting for busy signals should be factored in also. Plus the time lost for having to multi-task with AOL always open in the background (not to mention IE3 or whatever they're using also open again)
-Elendale (dislikes large, financial-driven companies)