I don't get it. Why do we care about 300GB optical disks, when I can fit a terabyte of data onto something the size of a fingernail? Optical tech is dying.
Essentially, the only reason most American's do not realize they are living in a police state is
The implication of your statement here is that if they did know, they'd do something about it. What, exactly, makes you think that Americans are somehow different types of human than anywhere else or at any other time in history? Hitler was seen kissing babies. He was hugely popular amongst the people. They may have had some idea of what he was doing, but they didn't care because he gave them exactly what they wanted: A powerful country, a powerful military, and a productive economy.
You think Americans care so much about liberty they're willing to act against those things? Fascism became popular with the people precisely because it had something to offer. And in the case of WWII it was only defeated because most of the rest of the world rose up and said "This far, no farther."
I have not seen any other countries standing up to America. I haven't seen its allies abandon them. And the public overwhelmingly still supports nationalism. The mind intent on false appearances refuses to admit better things. Don't assume that a better understanding of the world will necessarily lead to change... it's one of mankind's oldest illusions. If we've truly reached the epoch many think we have, then this only ends one of two ways now: Civil uprising, a world war, or a coup de etat. History hasn't given any indication there's a fourth option... such as the population suddenly reaching simultanious enlightenment of their predicament and backing away from violence.
... but we all know what happened with the last person with force powers we elected to office. How do we know Obi-Wan will be any different? I mean, he didn't even see his friend was a murderer of children, and a genocidal maniac obsessed with drones who dragged the empire through several wars, the last of which was a war on terror against some rebellious 'Truthers'.
I hate to sound cynical, but at this point, it really doesn't matter who you vote for in federal elections.
Well, you don't have to vote just for the people that the media and major political parties have advanced as choices. You can, in fact, vote for Bugs Bunny or put any other name, including a picture of the Starship Enterprise in for your vote.
Now, organizing people into a cohesive political party, getting a candidate they can all agree on, and then showing up and voting for that candidate is greatly assisted by having large piles of cash, but it is by no means necessary. That said... to date, nobody's been able to manage it without large piles of cash, but that doesn't mean it's a requirement.
True, but the moon lacks resources crucial for life... like, for example, air. We haven't yet figured out how to create a sustainable self-enclosed biome. The only place that exists so far is on this rock we call Earth... so they can try and declare independence, and it'll last about as long as it takes for them to run out of supplies.
We were not ever a democracy. We are a Constitutional Republic. At least you could bother to fact check.
People who fuss over the right choice of words and ignore the deeper questions usually just like to hear themselves talk. This isn't about "fact checking", the facts are in TFA; And voting is very much the issue here... because look at your options:
Where's the scientists? The engineers? Where's the rest of life? So don't sit there and get preachy to me about "fact checking"; Everyone who's out of school and has a real job knows that our elections aren't about choosing the right person for the job, but choosing between the lesser of two evils. And that's why people have lost faith.
The rest of your post is off-topic. This isn't about any of that smoke you are trying to blow up everyone's asses while trying to look smart... it's about a loss of faith. That is it. That is all. That is the only thing under discussion.
Most americans are also unaware of the responsibilities of each branch of government. Having no apparent power over the officials in the two branches of government where people are elected, they've resorted to asking the one branch of government that isn't for help. Ironic, don't you think, that in a "free and democratic" society, the voting process is held in such low esteem that people have abandoned all hope in it being able to stop the government? Except it isn't ironic. It's depressing. So, where are the Europeans and the UN when you need them? One of the largest countries on Earth is going off the rails in a big way and sooner or later, this train wreck will visit you as well. All our economies are interconnected, as are our societies now thanks to the internet.
Or, perhaps, your silence just confirms what we already knew but didn't want to believe: The United States is becoming just like every other country out there... a paper democracy, but the real power is held by the royalty. And maybe you're glad that this irritating individualist society with a large middle class and plenty of opportunity for everyone to advance is coming to an end... because it was so very embarassing. But who knows, or cares, really, what they're thinking...
People have lost hope in democracy. So what do we place our hope for the future in now?
I should probably put in a footnote: Elitist colleges like this don't like having the truth rubbed in their faces. That's why she's getting dismissed -- she just proved their demands of needing a college degree are hollow and stupid. It's an embarassment of epic proportions. Not that I should have to say this if you can read between the lines, but increasingly, I have my doubts about the average slashdotter's ability to even read the lines, let alone between them... hence this post.
Let's be honest... if you've been doing the job for many years, it's clear a college education isn't necessary to keep doing your job. People lie on their resumes to break the glass ceiling (both men and women hit them... that's not just a feminist thing) -- and with the prohibitively expensive cost of education, and employers demanding it anyway... people in the job market today face some unpalatable options: You can either forego the degree and slam into the glass ceiling in a mid-level position as HR passes over you repeatedly, or get it and wind up a bit farther ahead in your career but be financially worse off than your subordinates who aren't paying back hundreds to thousands of dollars a month to some corporation who will just keep jacking the rates up year after year so you're paying off mostly just the interest and doing very little to hit the principal of your student loan... or you can swallow your pride and ethics, lie on your resume, and hope to save up enough money before you're caught to buy yourself an education outright down the road -- without a loan, at a community college somewhere and then backfill, move into a new position with your new diploma, and call it a day.
This is the reality of the wealth inequity in America. The conservatives have hated public education since it was first introduced in the 1800s... and they've finally managed to find a way to destroy the American dream: Without higher education, there's no upward mobility. Without that, there's no middle class. It's game over.
What I find amazing is that the charge sheet hasn't changed: Treason. Section 3, Article 3, of the US Constitution prescribes a very specific punishment for that accusation, which to my knowledge the US Attorney General can't countermand. But that aside, it would not be without precident to say that once a political prisoner is lured out of hiding, they Darth Vader the agreement... just about every country has done that.
The other countries of the world understand that you don't judge a country on the quality of its rhetoric, but on its past actions, when predicting what it will do in the current (or future) situations. The US has no credibility these days. It's not even a question of whether I think my own government is sincere or not anymore... it's a question of reputation and perception internationally.
Your post is short, but this is the heart of the matter: Reputation, not law.
It doesn't sound suspicious at all if you think about it. It takes an autopsy to determine cause of death, and that takes a few days at least.
Lies. I watch NCIS and know an autopsy only takes the time to ride an elevator to the basement. Of course, the body is usually either clothed, or a bright light is shining upon his nether-regions, which are suspiciously eunich-like... so maybe it only works on aliens mascarading as marines.
. The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office told to Reuters that Jack had died in San Francisco on Thursday, but did not provide additional details."
Well, that is the official version of events, yes. -- NSA
They can ask. All passwords are one-way hashed using a 16384 bit salt and run through 4,000 rounds of AES before being stored in the database. Over there in the corner is our custom-built core which does the password retrieval, comparison, and pass-fail out onto a RADIUS server. The network name is NSA_COCKBLOCK... feel free to have a copy of the algorithm and database.
You guys just really don't fucking get it, do you?
Oh they get it. They realize that the internet isn't the bastion of freedom it was twenty years ago when the "world wide web" was created by some hippy academics who envisioned free and near-instant global information exchange, breaking down cultural and geographical barriers and uniting humanity in common cause. None of that means jack shit compared to profit.
You aren't a citizen of the world, you're a content consumer. Now bend over and take one for Team Profit. They really do get it. They're not idealists, they're practical... and practically speaking... if you don't give the profit-oriented assholes of the world a sandbox to play in where they can exploit everyone freely, they'll just leave the sandbox and start terrorizing the whole neighborhood. And there's nothing we can really do about it, because the government is busy throwing people in jail and criminalizing any act of disobedience there. In a truly free internet, we'd just band together, setup our orbital ion cannon, and nuke the profiteering assholes off our network. Sad, isn't it? But, historically, terrorism has proven an effective method of promoting political change when all other methods of recourse have failed. Just ask the Americans -- our country was founded on it. -_- Feel free to post an empassioned reply below about how wrong I am about this and we can solve our differences peacefully, and how the power and wealth imbalance between supra-national corporations and individuals can be dealt with equitably... I'd love to hear an alternative. No, I'm perfectly serious -- for once, I'm not snarking at all. I mean it.
It says a lot about the esteem our government is held in when requesting information about how our tax dollars are being spent, upon reply, is considered equivalent to winning the lottery. Bonus: The NSA will only give additional documentation without charge if you claim you're a journalist. Mere citizenship is not enough!
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureauacracy. Slow news day on Slashdot? This is like saying "Congress is screwing up the country again." Well, duh. I could live in a cave and still call that one.
I know. I was not being snide... I was just trying to figure out what her point was. Because it was worded in a way that made it seem she was arguing with me, but her actual words seemed to agree. So... I asked.
Perhaps I was mocking the futility of your position, rather than disagreeing with it. It's rather like being bolted to the train tracks and we're looking at each other and going "Well, this sucks." Except you're being optimistic about someone coming to rescue you, while I'm relegated to the fact that either (a) Life has been pretty good to me so far, and I had a good run, or (b) Life hasn't been so good to me, but at least it's about to be over.
Of course, you shouldn't blame Tor for this. I'm sure Freenet could equally be used, but Tor is just easy. Instead, blame the OS manufactures, and the owners of the bot-ridden machines.
Actually, you could use magnet links, or any one of a dozen peer to peer services, embedded commands in images on Facebook... the list goes on. The vulnerability isn't Tor, it's the fact that the entire internet is a giant peer to peer network. And Tor wouldn't be in such wide use if not for (wait for it) Governments dumping mass amounts of money into spying on people. And the more they do that, the more people who legitimately just want privacy to do ordinary and perfectly reasonable things are turning to these technologies. It's like how the war on ________ has ensnared innocent people who just want their _______, but because the government had a shit fit, they have to engage in business transactions with criminals instead of proper business people. We've been making this mistake since the 1800s and the Prohibition -- and don't worry, it's not just the United States. It's pretty much all the governments of the world contributing to this problem.
Now, as far as blaming the user... considering some of these exploits consist of "visit a webpage" to get infected, I don't think that's a valid position to hold. Users need to be responsible for their computers, sure, but we cannot expect them to have deep knowledge of the inner workings of a computer. Computers, unlike cars, don't have oil lights that come on when it's low on the secret sauce that prevents malware. And your computer, unlike a car, can very well seize up on the (information) highway for no good reason. So your car analogy, while a noble attempt to continue the tradition here on Slashdot, is busted.
This is about "broadcast" networks. They can't have their cake, and eat it, too. In exchange for getting use of public airwaves to make a profit, the public has a right to use what's broadcast.
Difficulty level: Encrypted transmission and subscription required != "Public".
Next step - in what way is putting content on the public airwaves not placing it in the public domain?
Ah, copyright law. Let me explain this quickly... "This previously public broadcast, re-encoded, is now copyright me, all rights reserved for the next 150 years plus however long it takes me to die." Next question please. No really, that's pretty much how it works.
This is the internet, man. You don't just make points here, you pull out a fucking bat and you beat it into them until they stop twitching. And then hit them a couple more times, move to Florida, and claim the other guy threatened your position and you were just Standing Your Ground.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed...
What, that us unwashed masses can still use VCR-like features on modern equipment? Huzzah! So glad our courts are clogged up like a fat southern guy's arteries with pointless legal meanderings. What other landmark rulings can I hope to read soon... books in electronic format can be loaned just like regular books? That linking to a page on the internet shouldn't warrant 10 years in prison under the Computer Fraud Act of... whatever?
Where's a billion dollar frivolous landsuit and contempt of court ruling when you need one, guys? These corporations are killing the court system, and you're dealing with it about as well as that diabetic fat dude I just mentioned is when he neglects to take his shots. You're gonna get tingles at the extremities, and before you know it, you'll be deaf, blind, stupid, and having your bowels cleaned out by orderlies because you can't even shit right in a few years at this rate.
[A] It had better not turn into a universal tracking system.
Hello, OnStar? Someone here is getting uppity about their "civil rights"; Can you please turn on the microphone and GPS tracking, lock the doors, turn off the engine, while we sit here and listen to their futile screams? Sure, I'll hold.
[B] It is going to be a while before this is done in any kind of universal way
Well, while the government does have extreme difficulty, say, passing the Farm Act so that food stamps to the poor could continue to exist, because the republicans said the cuts didn't go far enough, and the democrats saying the cuts were going to far, leading to it dying immediately, not unlike both sides are hoping millions of poor people will, you can rest assured that when it comes to fucking you over a barrel with universal tracking, they got that shit covered.
My biggest problem is with these pushes to implement technology that simply isn't ready for prime time, like they did with NFC. (Broken before it was even widely available. The only useful feature I see for it now is passing VCards between cell phones. I have NFC and I've never even turned it on... and I may never do so.)
And I think, for anyone who regularly reads slashdot, and perhaps those set to attend DEFCON later where they'll discuss a remote wireless exploit that can, say, cause any car produced in the last five years to self-destruct with the driver inside of it, will find it totally unsurprising that technology not being ready for prime time is hardly an impediment to the rapid adoption of such technology. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go cloud my coffee maker, and then install my NSA-approved listening devices in all the rooms of my house, which they've cleverly labelled "Smoke Detectors".
No cars that I know. The cars I know would speed up to tailgate the car in front of them, and then honk their horn in indignant aggression at the thought of someone trying to merge in front of them.
I think this illustrates the problem quite well. The NTSB is trying to create accident avoidance systems like those on commercial aircraft. What they're failing to understand is that you'll never get the average person to exhibit that level of professionalism or achieve that level of training. We do not have a culture of safety surrounding the use of motor vehicles, and without it, things like this will only wind up having motorists smash the little boxes to pieces the moment they try to keep someone from "cutting them off" while their car tries a "I'm sorry, I can't let you do that, Dave."
As someone who's had pet rats before, I can totally believe that quote.
Yes, but slashdot moderators, ever eagle-eyed for someone to attempt humor, have stomped on my comment. I suppose it's just further proof that while voles can evolve, moderators cannot.
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I don't get it. Why do we care about 300GB optical disks, when I can fit a terabyte of data onto something the size of a fingernail? Optical tech is dying.
Essentially, the only reason most American's do not realize they are living in a police state is
The implication of your statement here is that if they did know, they'd do something about it. What, exactly, makes you think that Americans are somehow different types of human than anywhere else or at any other time in history? Hitler was seen kissing babies. He was hugely popular amongst the people. They may have had some idea of what he was doing, but they didn't care because he gave them exactly what they wanted: A powerful country, a powerful military, and a productive economy.
You think Americans care so much about liberty they're willing to act against those things? Fascism became popular with the people precisely because it had something to offer. And in the case of WWII it was only defeated because most of the rest of the world rose up and said "This far, no farther."
I have not seen any other countries standing up to America. I haven't seen its allies abandon them. And the public overwhelmingly still supports nationalism. The mind intent on false appearances refuses to admit better things. Don't assume that a better understanding of the world will necessarily lead to change... it's one of mankind's oldest illusions. If we've truly reached the epoch many think we have, then this only ends one of two ways now: Civil uprising, a world war, or a coup de etat. History hasn't given any indication there's a fourth option... such as the population suddenly reaching simultanious enlightenment of their predicament and backing away from violence.
I'd wager 90% of the surveys reported on the news are of this level of scientific rigor...
You talk about scientific rigor and then go on to pull a number out of your ass. Hipsters everywhere wish they could approach your level of irony.
Obi-Wan Kenobi. He's our only hope.
... but we all know what happened with the last person with force powers we elected to office. How do we know Obi-Wan will be any different? I mean, he didn't even see his friend was a murderer of children, and a genocidal maniac obsessed with drones who dragged the empire through several wars, the last of which was a war on terror against some rebellious 'Truthers'.
I hate to sound cynical, but at this point, it really doesn't matter who you vote for in federal elections.
Well, you don't have to vote just for the people that the media and major political parties have advanced as choices. You can, in fact, vote for Bugs Bunny or put any other name, including a picture of the Starship Enterprise in for your vote.
Now, organizing people into a cohesive political party, getting a candidate they can all agree on, and then showing up and voting for that candidate is greatly assisted by having large piles of cash, but it is by no means necessary. That said... to date, nobody's been able to manage it without large piles of cash, but that doesn't mean it's a requirement.
There is a way, you just have to find it.
-- Someone who isn't as cynical.
TANSTAAFL
True, but the moon lacks resources crucial for life... like, for example, air. We haven't yet figured out how to create a sustainable self-enclosed biome. The only place that exists so far is on this rock we call Earth... so they can try and declare independence, and it'll last about as long as it takes for them to run out of supplies.
We were not ever a democracy. We are a Constitutional Republic. At least you could bother to fact check.
People who fuss over the right choice of words and ignore the deeper questions usually just like to hear themselves talk. This isn't about "fact checking", the facts are in TFA; And voting is very much the issue here... because look at your options:
Lawyer, Lawyer, Lawyer, Businessman, Lawyer, Lawyer...
Where's the scientists? The engineers? Where's the rest of life? So don't sit there and get preachy to me about "fact checking"; Everyone who's out of school and has a real job knows that our elections aren't about choosing the right person for the job, but choosing between the lesser of two evils. And that's why people have lost faith.
The rest of your post is off-topic. This isn't about any of that smoke you are trying to blow up everyone's asses while trying to look smart... it's about a loss of faith. That is it. That is all. That is the only thing under discussion.
Most americans are also unaware of the responsibilities of each branch of government. Having no apparent power over the officials in the two branches of government where people are elected, they've resorted to asking the one branch of government that isn't for help. Ironic, don't you think, that in a "free and democratic" society, the voting process is held in such low esteem that people have abandoned all hope in it being able to stop the government? Except it isn't ironic. It's depressing. So, where are the Europeans and the UN when you need them? One of the largest countries on Earth is going off the rails in a big way and sooner or later, this train wreck will visit you as well. All our economies are interconnected, as are our societies now thanks to the internet.
Or, perhaps, your silence just confirms what we already knew but didn't want to believe: The United States is becoming just like every other country out there... a paper democracy, but the real power is held by the royalty. And maybe you're glad that this irritating individualist society with a large middle class and plenty of opportunity for everyone to advance is coming to an end... because it was so very embarassing. But who knows, or cares, really, what they're thinking...
People have lost hope in democracy. So what do we place our hope for the future in now?
I should probably put in a footnote: Elitist colleges like this don't like having the truth rubbed in their faces. That's why she's getting dismissed -- she just proved their demands of needing a college degree are hollow and stupid. It's an embarassment of epic proportions. Not that I should have to say this if you can read between the lines, but increasingly, I have my doubts about the average slashdotter's ability to even read the lines, let alone between them... hence this post.
Let's be honest... if you've been doing the job for many years, it's clear a college education isn't necessary to keep doing your job. People lie on their resumes to break the glass ceiling (both men and women hit them... that's not just a feminist thing) -- and with the prohibitively expensive cost of education, and employers demanding it anyway... people in the job market today face some unpalatable options: You can either forego the degree and slam into the glass ceiling in a mid-level position as HR passes over you repeatedly, or get it and wind up a bit farther ahead in your career but be financially worse off than your subordinates who aren't paying back hundreds to thousands of dollars a month to some corporation who will just keep jacking the rates up year after year so you're paying off mostly just the interest and doing very little to hit the principal of your student loan... or you can swallow your pride and ethics, lie on your resume, and hope to save up enough money before you're caught to buy yourself an education outright down the road -- without a loan, at a community college somewhere and then backfill, move into a new position with your new diploma, and call it a day.
This is the reality of the wealth inequity in America. The conservatives have hated public education since it was first introduced in the 1800s... and they've finally managed to find a way to destroy the American dream: Without higher education, there's no upward mobility. Without that, there's no middle class. It's game over.
But not anymore!
What I find amazing is that the charge sheet hasn't changed: Treason. Section 3, Article 3, of the US Constitution prescribes a very specific punishment for that accusation, which to my knowledge the US Attorney General can't countermand. But that aside, it would not be without precident to say that once a political prisoner is lured out of hiding, they Darth Vader the agreement... just about every country has done that.
The other countries of the world understand that you don't judge a country on the quality of its rhetoric, but on its past actions, when predicting what it will do in the current (or future) situations. The US has no credibility these days. It's not even a question of whether I think my own government is sincere or not anymore... it's a question of reputation and perception internationally.
Your post is short, but this is the heart of the matter: Reputation, not law.
It doesn't sound suspicious at all if you think about it. It takes an autopsy to determine cause of death, and that takes a few days at least.
Lies. I watch NCIS and know an autopsy only takes the time to ride an elevator to the basement. Of course, the body is usually either clothed, or a bright light is shining upon his nether-regions, which are suspiciously eunich-like... so maybe it only works on aliens mascarading as marines.
. The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office told to Reuters that Jack had died in San Francisco on Thursday, but did not provide additional details."
Well, that is the official version of events, yes. -- NSA
They can ask. All passwords are one-way hashed using a 16384 bit salt and run through 4,000 rounds of AES before being stored in the database. Over there in the corner is our custom-built core which does the password retrieval, comparison, and pass-fail out onto a RADIUS server. The network name is NSA_COCKBLOCK... feel free to have a copy of the algorithm and database.
You guys just really don't fucking get it, do you?
Oh they get it. They realize that the internet isn't the bastion of freedom it was twenty years ago when the "world wide web" was created by some hippy academics who envisioned free and near-instant global information exchange, breaking down cultural and geographical barriers and uniting humanity in common cause. None of that means jack shit compared to profit.
You aren't a citizen of the world, you're a content consumer. Now bend over and take one for Team Profit. They really do get it. They're not idealists, they're practical... and practically speaking... if you don't give the profit-oriented assholes of the world a sandbox to play in where they can exploit everyone freely, they'll just leave the sandbox and start terrorizing the whole neighborhood. And there's nothing we can really do about it, because the government is busy throwing people in jail and criminalizing any act of disobedience there. In a truly free internet, we'd just band together, setup our orbital ion cannon, and nuke the profiteering assholes off our network. Sad, isn't it? But, historically, terrorism has proven an effective method of promoting political change when all other methods of recourse have failed. Just ask the Americans -- our country was founded on it. -_- Feel free to post an empassioned reply below about how wrong I am about this and we can solve our differences peacefully, and how the power and wealth imbalance between supra-national corporations and individuals can be dealt with equitably... I'd love to hear an alternative. No, I'm perfectly serious -- for once, I'm not snarking at all. I mean it.
It says a lot about the esteem our government is held in when requesting information about how our tax dollars are being spent, upon reply, is considered equivalent to winning the lottery. Bonus: The NSA will only give additional documentation without charge if you claim you're a journalist. Mere citizenship is not enough!
The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureauacracy. Slow news day on Slashdot? This is like saying "Congress is screwing up the country again." Well, duh. I could live in a cave and still call that one.
I know. I was not being snide... I was just trying to figure out what her point was. Because it was worded in a way that made it seem she was arguing with me, but her actual words seemed to agree. So... I asked.
Perhaps I was mocking the futility of your position, rather than disagreeing with it. It's rather like being bolted to the train tracks and we're looking at each other and going "Well, this sucks." Except you're being optimistic about someone coming to rescue you, while I'm relegated to the fact that either (a) Life has been pretty good to me so far, and I had a good run, or (b) Life hasn't been so good to me, but at least it's about to be over.
Of course, you shouldn't blame Tor for this. I'm sure Freenet could equally be used, but Tor is just easy. Instead, blame the OS manufactures, and the owners of the bot-ridden machines.
Actually, you could use magnet links, or any one of a dozen peer to peer services, embedded commands in images on Facebook... the list goes on. The vulnerability isn't Tor, it's the fact that the entire internet is a giant peer to peer network. And Tor wouldn't be in such wide use if not for (wait for it) Governments dumping mass amounts of money into spying on people. And the more they do that, the more people who legitimately just want privacy to do ordinary and perfectly reasonable things are turning to these technologies. It's like how the war on ________ has ensnared innocent people who just want their _______, but because the government had a shit fit, they have to engage in business transactions with criminals instead of proper business people. We've been making this mistake since the 1800s and the Prohibition -- and don't worry, it's not just the United States. It's pretty much all the governments of the world contributing to this problem.
Now, as far as blaming the user... considering some of these exploits consist of "visit a webpage" to get infected, I don't think that's a valid position to hold. Users need to be responsible for their computers, sure, but we cannot expect them to have deep knowledge of the inner workings of a computer. Computers, unlike cars, don't have oil lights that come on when it's low on the secret sauce that prevents malware. And your computer, unlike a car, can very well seize up on the (information) highway for no good reason. So your car analogy, while a noble attempt to continue the tradition here on Slashdot, is busted.
This is about "broadcast" networks. They can't have their cake, and eat it, too. In exchange for getting use of public airwaves to make a profit, the public has a right to use what's broadcast.
Difficulty level: Encrypted transmission and subscription required != "Public".
Next step - in what way is putting content on the public airwaves not placing it in the public domain?
Ah, copyright law. Let me explain this quickly... "This previously public broadcast, re-encoded, is now copyright me, all rights reserved for the next 150 years plus however long it takes me to die." Next question please. No really, that's pretty much how it works.
fat?deaf?blind?stupid? point made at fat.
This is the internet, man. You don't just make points here, you pull out a fucking bat and you beat it into them until they stop twitching. And then hit them a couple more times, move to Florida, and claim the other guy threatened your position and you were just Standing Your Ground.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed...
What, that us unwashed masses can still use VCR-like features on modern equipment? Huzzah! So glad our courts are clogged up like a fat southern guy's arteries with pointless legal meanderings. What other landmark rulings can I hope to read soon... books in electronic format can be loaned just like regular books? That linking to a page on the internet shouldn't warrant 10 years in prison under the Computer Fraud Act of... whatever?
Where's a billion dollar frivolous landsuit and contempt of court ruling when you need one, guys? These corporations are killing the court system, and you're dealing with it about as well as that diabetic fat dude I just mentioned is when he neglects to take his shots. You're gonna get tingles at the extremities, and before you know it, you'll be deaf, blind, stupid, and having your bowels cleaned out by orderlies because you can't even shit right in a few years at this rate.
[A] It had better not turn into a universal tracking system.
Hello, OnStar? Someone here is getting uppity about their "civil rights"; Can you please turn on the microphone and GPS tracking, lock the doors, turn off the engine, while we sit here and listen to their futile screams? Sure, I'll hold.
[B] It is going to be a while before this is done in any kind of universal way
Well, while the government does have extreme difficulty, say, passing the Farm Act so that food stamps to the poor could continue to exist, because the republicans said the cuts didn't go far enough, and the democrats saying the cuts were going to far, leading to it dying immediately, not unlike both sides are hoping millions of poor people will, you can rest assured that when it comes to fucking you over a barrel with universal tracking, they got that shit covered.
My biggest problem is with these pushes to implement technology that simply isn't ready for prime time, like they did with NFC. (Broken before it was even widely available. The only useful feature I see for it now is passing VCards between cell phones. I have NFC and I've never even turned it on... and I may never do so.)
And I think, for anyone who regularly reads slashdot, and perhaps those set to attend DEFCON later where they'll discuss a remote wireless exploit that can, say, cause any car produced in the last five years to self-destruct with the driver inside of it, will find it totally unsurprising that technology not being ready for prime time is hardly an impediment to the rapid adoption of such technology. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go cloud my coffee maker, and then install my NSA-approved listening devices in all the rooms of my house, which they've cleverly labelled "Smoke Detectors".
No cars that I know. The cars I know would speed up to tailgate the car in front of them, and then honk their horn in indignant aggression at the thought of someone trying to merge in front of them.
I think this illustrates the problem quite well. The NTSB is trying to create accident avoidance systems like those on commercial aircraft. What they're failing to understand is that you'll never get the average person to exhibit that level of professionalism or achieve that level of training. We do not have a culture of safety surrounding the use of motor vehicles, and without it, things like this will only wind up having motorists smash the little boxes to pieces the moment they try to keep someone from "cutting them off" while their car tries a "I'm sorry, I can't let you do that, Dave."
As someone who's had pet rats before, I can totally believe that quote.
Yes, but slashdot moderators, ever eagle-eyed for someone to attempt humor, have stomped on my comment. I suppose it's just further proof that while voles can evolve, moderators cannot.