Seth P. Waxman, a former solicitor general in the Clinton administration, who argued cases involving the act, was more succinct. "It is the single most poorly drafted statute ever enacted by Congress," he said in an interview.
Somehow though, I get the impression that foreign agencies are so thoroughly penetrated by American intelligence that spying against the US is a death wish. You will be sold out by your contact in Moscow or Tripoli who probably makes $100 a month and dreams of nothing better than retiring in the States with an American government pension. Either that, or the powers that be monitor all communications to an extent that even Slashdot readers would find unbelievable, so that anything even remotely secret that goes over the wire or the ether is read, catalogued and forwarded to the competent authorities.
Until it gets used widely, and then NYT changes it to something else or disables it. At least this way the first person to post the registration-less URL will get some karma...
You're right that no one wants to pay for content, but I think people will if it is their only option.
Any guesses for when the major content companies will start lobbying Congress to outlaw free content? ("It's un-American! It's communist! It's like that open source software that Microsoft warned us about!")
Seriously, folks, this is probably just justice being done (very) slowly and carefully, and it's probably for the best, even if it means we don't get the satisfaction of seeing MS split in two.
Though seeing Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates each split in two would be quite pleasant.
Good point, except for one thing. Taco's review was not so much butting in (IMHO) as augmenting. There were two separate reviews here, just like in the old days. See theonion.com's point, counterpoint.
I read the first line of this story and thought: This reminds me exactly of the sort of news you'd see on CNN, describing peace efforts between two conflicting nations. Does that frighten the shit out of anyone else?
Luckily, AOL and Microsoft aren't nuclear powers. Yet.
I'd start forwarding my spam to the honorable congressmen who support it, but Barr's Web site doesn't have an email address I can find (perhaps because of spam?), and the link on Goodlatte's page to "e-mail Bob" goes to a lookup page for representatives' mailing addresses. Morons. (And what's with the cookies on the House Web site?)
I suppose the Securities Industry Association ("We are engaged and active in trying to slow this train down") will have to do.
Those open-source freaks aren't the only one -- there are also people like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, that just gives away computers and software and money, like socialists or communists! Just encouraging people to beg for things instead of earning it! If they're not good enough to pay for things, they should just crawl into the sewer and die, and get out of the way of the capitalists who keep our country strong!
A ring tone doesn't use the original recording (yet). If it's just performing the song, then only the song's publishers and writers should be concerned, not the record companies. Keep your evil money-grubbing industries straight, you analysts and writers!
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Who is falling for all this and patronizing the sites that trap you like this?
Horny people who don't type well?
Best quote from the article:
I also noticed lots of other self censorship on the movie channels. You'll never see Fight Club air on TV ever again.
It was on HBO a day or two after the attacks. It certainly surprised me...
It should be noted that Ted Turner has had very little to do with CNN and Turner Broadcasting since the AOL/Time Warner merger.
Somehow though, I get the impression that foreign agencies are so thoroughly penetrated by American intelligence that spying against the US is a death wish. You will be sold out by your contact in Moscow or Tripoli who probably makes $100 a month and dreams of nothing better than retiring in the States with an American government pension. Either that, or the powers that be monitor all communications to an extent that even Slashdot readers would find unbelievable, so that anything even remotely secret that goes over the wire or the ether is read, catalogued and forwarded to the competent authorities.
That's what they want us to think, anyway.
http://archives.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/technology/ 26ONLI.html
-j (for the love of 'Taco, don't mod me up just for this!)
Then you get stuff from both parties.
Until it gets used widely, and then NYT changes it to something else or disables it. At least this way the first person to post the registration-less URL will get some karma...
I don't know...MCI/Sprint was under Clinton. The Bush administration, OTOH, will be falling all over themselves to support this.
And the porn industry knows about it...
You're right that no one wants to pay for content, but I think people will if it is their only option.
Any guesses for when the major content companies will start lobbying Congress to outlaw free content? ("It's un-American! It's communist! It's like that open source software that Microsoft warned us about!")
Sadly, the iCab folks have said they're not interested in porting to GNU/Linux.
Strictly speaking, the iCab gang aren't interested in porting anywhere -- they're just trying to make a decent Mac browser.
-j (why, I'm using it now!)
Adult stuff is only 11% ? I thought that it would be greater than 50%.
If they start including stuff from their image search, I imagine the percentage will go up.
-j
Seriously, folks, this is probably just justice being done (very) slowly and carefully, and it's probably for the best, even if it means we don't get the satisfaction of seeing MS split in two.
Though seeing Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates each split in two would be quite pleasant.
Good point, except for one thing. Taco's review was not so much butting in (IMHO) as augmenting. There were two separate reviews here, just like in the old days. See theonion.com's point, counterpoint.
Taco: "Jon, you ignorant slut!"
"Enhancement" seems to be pretty high doublespeak in this instance.
It is an enhancement -- for the studios. Duh!
You know Microsoft's gone over the line when even the Wall Street Journal says the feature is "something new and dangerous."
I read the first line of this story and thought: This reminds me exactly of the sort of news you'd see on CNN, describing peace efforts between two conflicting nations. Does that frighten the shit out of anyone else?
Luckily, AOL and Microsoft aren't nuclear powers. Yet.
Then what is your real name, Lovers_Arrival_The at americanwicca.com?
FAT32 file systems are widely used for copyright violation too; are they next?
Shh! Don't give them any ideas!
Cyan wasn't involved in making the game, and it doesn't have a cool single word title like Myst or Riven. That was warning enough for me to avoid it.
I used to own the domain malfunction.com, and I always meant to point it at Microsoft's Web site. I suppose it's a good thing I never did.
I'd start forwarding my spam to the honorable congressmen who support it, but Barr's Web site doesn't have an email address I can find (perhaps because of spam? ), and the link on Goodlatte's page to "e-mail Bob" goes to a lookup page for representatives' mailing addresses. Morons. (And what's with the cookies on the House Web site?)
I suppose the Securities Industry Association ("We are engaged and active in trying to slow this train down") will have to do.
Those open-source freaks aren't the only one -- there are also people like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, that just gives away computers and software and money, like socialists or communists! Just encouraging people to beg for things instead of earning it! If they're not good enough to pay for things, they should just crawl into the sewer and die, and get out of the way of the capitalists who keep our country strong!
A ring tone doesn't use the original recording (yet). If it's just performing the song, then only the song's publishers and writers should be concerned, not the record companies. Keep your evil money-grubbing industries straight, you analysts and writers!