Because at one time the very idea of a firewall being considered illegal was absurd. Nowadays, who knows what'll be deemed illegal (If you're not a corporation, that is)?
Three years ago journalists and industry pundits complained loudly that Linux has "no journaling filesystem!" Today it has a dozen. Everyone complained, "No good web browsers!" Today there are half a dozen. Everyone complained, "No good office suites!" Today there are three or four. I sense a trend here...
"Linux has no good Digital Rights Management!"...
And it probably never will...
I just transferred a domain away from Verisign/Netsol in the last fifteen days of registration. Other than being required to respond to a confirmation email from Verisign with 96 hours, the domain was transferred without hesitation. Seems like all those complaints are having a positive effect.
Go to the website he ordered his cable from: lik-sang.com. Right at the top is the "GameBoy Advance Development and "Backup" Unit (emphasis mine). The word "pirate" pops into my mind immediately, as I'm sure it did with whoever made this judgement. It's wrong, but I bet that's what happened.
If I may guess what he seems to really be complaining about is, for example, Microsoft- who complain much longer & louder than Ambrosia Software, but who still make billions of dollars in software sales. Of course, Microsoft would rather make those sales than give them up to piracy; however, such complaints in the face of incredible profits seems hypocritical to Joe Average, to whom a few hundred dollars is a significant percentage of his income to pay for a software package.
WTF does a smiling or half-naked woman have to do with a "spy" camera? It's like they're using my sexual preference to catch my eye just long enough to acknowledge their silly product.
Y'know, maybe it's me but I don't mind the Flash Ads. I actually will click on them- perhaps because I'm interested in seeing what they've done with Flash, but mostly because I find it less intrusive than a link that will take me away from the page I'm reading.
The Ideal outcome- Yes, AOL mail has some shortcomings; however, I imagine that a few months of in-house usage could really help them find and eliminate a lot of problems with the program.
The Likely outcome- AOL will fall far short of employee's requirements, productivity will plummet, and AOL/TW will spend millions trying to make it work, followed by more millions going back to the old system.
Are they expecting employees to use the "home" version of AOL or is there a new corporate version?
The limited waiver of rights (including possible DMCA claims) that was contained in the Agreement specifically prohibits participants from attacking content protected by SDMI technologies outside the Public Challenge. If your research is released to the public this is exactly what could occur.
I argue that, by including the "Verance Watermark" technology as part of the Challenge, even though it's already in commercial use, SDMI already "allow[ed] the defeat of those technologies." Further, by making the Challenge public, SDMI implicitly encouraged attacking content outside the scope of the challenge.
How can they apply this complaint to Princeton U. but not themselves?!
As long as a webhoster gives me the option of not using the "control panel" then I prefer to use one. (Oh the paradox!)
If you're running a site on your webhoster's machine (i.e., not leasing a rackmount or something), then why be afraid of the pretty interface? Besides which I can maintain my sites while I'm at work (when it's slow, of course).
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Thanks for that link- that made my day. Here, have a mod point!
Because at one time the very idea of a firewall being considered illegal was absurd. Nowadays, who knows what'll be deemed illegal (If you're not a corporation, that is)?
I don't have a backyard, you insensitive clod...
Three years ago journalists and industry pundits complained loudly that Linux has "no journaling filesystem!" Today it has a dozen. Everyone complained, "No good web browsers!" Today there are half a dozen. Everyone complained, "No good office suites!" Today there are three or four. I sense a trend here...
"Linux has no good Digital Rights Management!"...
And it probably never will...
Won't work- it loses it's strength when subjected to heat.
Unless you're hinting that she's frigid...
I just transferred a domain away from Verisign/Netsol in the last fifteen days of registration. Other than being required to respond to a confirmation email from Verisign with 96 hours, the domain was transferred without hesitation. Seems like all those complaints are having a positive effect.
>> The result is an entertaining blend of computerized music and monotone singing.
> Can you spot the word that doesn't belong?
Spoklen ike a person who actually "read" the article!
Gosh, that sucked...
Go to the website he ordered his cable from: lik-sang.com. Right at the top is the "GameBoy Advance Development and "Backup" Unit (emphasis mine). The word "pirate" pops into my mind immediately, as I'm sure it did with whoever made this judgement. It's wrong, but I bet that's what happened.
If I may guess what he seems to really be complaining about is, for example, Microsoft- who complain much longer & louder than Ambrosia Software, but who still make billions of dollars in software sales. Of course, Microsoft would rather make those sales than give them up to piracy; however, such complaints in the face of incredible profits seems hypocritical to Joe Average, to whom a few hundred dollars is a significant percentage of his income to pay for a software package.
What he really saying is this:
"I'm tired of everybody disappearing into their own rooms to watch the same damn program. From now on we will sit together like a REAL FAMILY."
-- Xenph, "Bionic Eyes" Jan. 2002
I made a perl front end to a postgresql database that tracks how many times I've whacked off.
I've collected almost 2 years of data!
Maybe I should sumbit a /. story too...
Jon Katz is becoming Mister Cranky.
WTF does a smiling or half-naked woman have to do with a "spy" camera? It's like they're using my sexual preference to catch my eye just long enough to acknowledge their silly product.
Y'know, maybe it's me but I don't mind the Flash Ads. I actually will click on them- perhaps because I'm interested in seeing what they've done with Flash, but mostly because I find it less intrusive than a link that will take me away from the page I'm reading.
> Cheers to that! Of course I still can't seem
> to buy myself a good girlfriend.
Try here. She's expensive, though.
The Ideal outcome- Yes, AOL mail has some shortcomings; however, I imagine that a few months of in-house usage could really help them find and eliminate a lot of problems with the program.
The Likely outcome- AOL will fall far short of employee's requirements, productivity will plummet, and AOL/TW will spend millions trying to make it work, followed by more millions going back to the old system.
Are they expecting employees to use the "home" version of AOL or is there a new corporate version?
Yea, my boss helped me reduced my commute time to zero.
Quote from the RIAA letter:
The limited waiver of rights (including possible DMCA claims) that was contained in the Agreement specifically prohibits participants from attacking content protected by SDMI technologies outside the Public Challenge. If your research is released to the public this is exactly what could occur.I argue that, by including the "Verance Watermark" technology as part of the Challenge, even though it's already in commercial use, SDMI already "allow[ed] the defeat of those technologies." Further, by making the Challenge public, SDMI implicitly encouraged attacking content outside the scope of the challenge.
How can they apply this complaint to Princeton U. but not themselves?!
As long as a webhoster gives me the option of not using the "control panel" then I prefer to use one. (Oh the paradox!)
If you're running a site on your webhoster's machine (i.e., not leasing a rackmount or something), then why be afraid of the pretty interface? Besides which I can maintain my sites while I'm at work (when it's slow, of course).
It's too bad we live in a society where it just isn't safe to play with toy guns outside.
Or Candy Bars either...
Price had assured nervous employees just six weeks earlier that the company had no immediate plans for layoffs.
Should've asked him to define "Immediate"...
Having been through four mergers/takeovers, you stop believing anything management has to say, particularly when the company's going down the crapper.
> system as easy-to-use as Napster, which makes
> payment so easy it's automatic; and if this
Payment so easy it's automatic? A lot of words ran through my mind when I read the word "automatic" and easy wasn't one of them...
Remember when all the parts in a computer were about Computing?
Seems that the "Evil© Media(TM) Companies®" want computers to be about protecting them from something I haven't even done to them.
What are the chances that we'll see price increases in computer parts because of this? :(
Just a suggestion...
Do a search on /. for "Cue Cat" and after a bit of reading, you'll see the problem with your argument.