*GASP* I shudder to think how this will affect the growing colon cleasing industry. Will it be destroyed or will the industry adapt with new "microbial ecosystem replacement" products?
Let me see... I'm reading from the actual law... offender shall be set on fire dragged by the ears naked through Death Valley until... oh wait! That's the penalty for sneering at an RIAA lawyer.
In the US we tend to face draconian damage awards if found guilty of even ridiculously small amount of infringement. So, we may have to have somebody successfully challenge the size of the damages before challenging legality. Does anybody know the difference in damage award size in Denmark and the US?
Unfortunately, attempts at breeding smarter rats has lead to an overpopulation of overpaid finance executives. Meanwhile, current research on engineering an ethical politician has hit a brick wall...
There is a major scientific problem with using members of Congress. Since most of them have their heads inserted into a certain orifice, their bodies have adapted to a methane-rich environment. This would introduce a bias into the results. Of course, it does suggest a new methane-powered propulsion system...
I predict that further study will reveal the ribbon encircles a giant gift-wrapped present under an enormous Christmas tree.
These were not discovered previously, since the present was hidden in the cosmic closet...
Of course the Schiavo case is the first to come to mind, but doesn't it seem that the term "persistent vegetative state" is becoming less well defined? It seems that survivors making end of life decisions for loved ones have to deal with very murky information.
Perhaps, but I recall when the supposedly impenetrable DES standard was rendered vulnerable.
[Wie94]
M.J. Wiener, Efficient DES key search, Technical Report TR244, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1994.
[Wie98]
M.J. Wiener, Performance Comparison of Public-Key Cryptosytstems, CryptoBytes (1) 4 (Summer 1998).
I believe the 1998 publication suggests that a one million dollar specialized computer could exhaustively attack DES in 35 minutes. This was in 1998 mind you. DES is now no longer considered acceptable, but to me the larger question is whether any practical encryption method of truly important data can ever be considered secure. Intelligence agencies often measure the need based on a time scale of assuming the protection can be defeated in a time scale of weeks, or perhaps months. However, the importance of protecting personal data may typically involve a timescale of years or even decades. I didn't need to read the article at all to know that that the very idea of not reporting a security breach on data of this importance is idiotic.
Once again we see an example of public policy on technology being made with apparently little knowledge or regard for technology. The word "encryption" guarantees nothing. Suppose we just use Pig Latin? Ancay ouyay eadray isthay?
My problem with DRM has nothing to do with wanting to distribute content illegally, defend pirates or any other such thing. My problem with DRM is that in an attempt to stop the theives, the companies are treating the legitimate customer like crap! When DRM measures first came out I frequently found that the so-called license to the music that I purchased didn't actually work the way it was supposed to. I had to purchase several songs multiple times in order to run it on different devices, even though the licenses were supposed to transfer. In short, bugs in the implementation were ripping ME off. I didn't rip off the company. Similarly, when Vista came out with a large amount of DRM integrated into it, I found that certain functionality that was important to me broken or removed. In particular, I had a lot of trouble playing certain kinds of media files even though I had legitimate ownership of them. I even created some of them! As far as I am concerned, I have NO sympathy for the media industry as long as they continue to cheat me.
This just in... Apple regrets that there was a typo in the original release... It was meant to say that the explosions are caused by External Farces... Film at 11
I know that it's also a new type of deep sea swimming worm but is the really sexy part that it glows? The article also points out that several other ocean creatures drop off or "throw" body parts, but I think they don't glow. Squids can drop off an arm and I think sea cucumbers can spit out something from their gut. Of course, many lizards can also break off their tail. I guess the real question is whether humans should develop glowing detachable body parts...
A similar experiment was recently tried with RIAA lawyers... They were promised one billion dollars each if they could go for 1 hour without telling a lie. The experiment could never be completed. The lab techs couldn't go 5 minutes without killing the lawyers.
I smell a new defense against downloading copyrighted material! It's those damn cats! (I suspect a few weasels may be involved as well.) First, and infinite number of them got in a room and developed P2P filesharing, next they distributed said product with a clever cat-based GUI that closely resembles a human-oriented GUI. What will they do next after they have destroyed the foundation of intellectual property?... *shiver*... will they... *gasp*... start investment banks?... run for Congress?...
In my observations, for a great many people the brain serves as a backup system for the colon. It acts a storage area for excrement prior to expulsion into the external environment. Often this occurs in conversations, or even in blogs.
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*GASP* I shudder to think how this will affect the growing colon cleasing industry. Will it be destroyed or will the industry adapt with new "microbial ecosystem replacement" products?
Let me see ... I'm reading from the actual law ... offender shall be set on fire dragged by the ears naked through Death Valley until ... oh wait! That's the penalty for sneering at an RIAA lawyer.
In the US we tend to face draconian damage awards if found guilty of even ridiculously small amount of infringement. So, we may have to have somebody successfully challenge the size of the damages before challenging legality. Does anybody know the difference in damage award size in Denmark and the US?
Excellent Shot! Where's the supermassive black hole?
That's the whole Milky Way not just the heart, so of course it's bigger!
Very nice! I now have a new desktop wallpaper!
Ouch!
I need a cigarette.
Unfortunately, attempts at breeding smarter rats has lead to an overpopulation of overpaid finance executives. Meanwhile, current research on engineering an ethical politician has hit a brick wall ...
There is a major scientific problem with using members of Congress. Since most of them have their heads inserted into a certain orifice, their bodies have adapted to a methane-rich environment. This would introduce a bias into the results. Of course, it does suggest a new methane-powered propulsion system ...
I predict that further study will reveal the ribbon encircles a giant gift-wrapped present under an enormous Christmas tree. These were not discovered previously, since the present was hidden in the cosmic closet ...
But this brings up the next important decision... boxers or briefs? Thong? How much fabric is needed for a long distance call?
I've got my tinfoil hats, so I'm safe from prying ...
Of course the Schiavo case is the first to come to mind, but doesn't it seem that the term "persistent vegetative state" is becoming less well defined? It seems that survivors making end of life decisions for loved ones have to deal with very murky information.
I often find myself to be in a persistent chocolate state ... but never vegetables.
Perhaps, but I recall when the supposedly impenetrable DES standard was rendered vulnerable. [Wie94] M.J. Wiener, Efficient DES key search, Technical Report TR244, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1994. [Wie98] M.J. Wiener, Performance Comparison of Public-Key Cryptosytstems, CryptoBytes (1) 4 (Summer 1998). I believe the 1998 publication suggests that a one million dollar specialized computer could exhaustively attack DES in 35 minutes. This was in 1998 mind you. DES is now no longer considered acceptable, but to me the larger question is whether any practical encryption method of truly important data can ever be considered secure. Intelligence agencies often measure the need based on a time scale of assuming the protection can be defeated in a time scale of weeks, or perhaps months. However, the importance of protecting personal data may typically involve a timescale of years or even decades. I didn't need to read the article at all to know that that the very idea of not reporting a security breach on data of this importance is idiotic.
Once again we see an example of public policy on technology being made with apparently little knowledge or regard for technology. The word "encryption" guarantees nothing. Suppose we just use Pig Latin? Ancay ouyay eadray isthay?
My problem with DRM has nothing to do with wanting to distribute content illegally, defend pirates or any other such thing. My problem with DRM is that in an attempt to stop the theives, the companies are treating the legitimate customer like crap! When DRM measures first came out I frequently found that the so-called license to the music that I purchased didn't actually work the way it was supposed to. I had to purchase several songs multiple times in order to run it on different devices, even though the licenses were supposed to transfer. In short, bugs in the implementation were ripping ME off. I didn't rip off the company. Similarly, when Vista came out with a large amount of DRM integrated into it, I found that certain functionality that was important to me broken or removed. In particular, I had a lot of trouble playing certain kinds of media files even though I had legitimate ownership of them. I even created some of them! As far as I am concerned, I have NO sympathy for the media industry as long as they continue to cheat me.
This just in ... Apple regrets that there was a typo in the original release ... It was meant to say that the explosions are caused by External Farces ... Film at 11
The little C's are there, but they are in 0.000000001 font. I think it's Arial.
I know that it's also a new type of deep sea swimming worm but is the really sexy part that it glows? The article also points out that several other ocean creatures drop off or "throw" body parts, but I think they don't glow. Squids can drop off an arm and I think sea cucumbers can spit out something from their gut. Of course, many lizards can also break off their tail. I guess the real question is whether humans should develop glowing detachable body parts ...
I wonder if this has any impact on "lie detection" approach of reading very short-lived transient expressions. Are these global?
A similar experiment was recently tried with RIAA lawyers ... They were promised one billion dollars each if they could go for 1 hour without telling a lie. The experiment could never be completed. The lab techs couldn't go 5 minutes without killing the lawyers.
I smell a new defense against downloading copyrighted material! It's those damn cats! (I suspect a few weasels may be involved as well.) First, and infinite number of them got in a room and developed P2P filesharing, next they distributed said product with a clever cat-based GUI that closely resembles a human-oriented GUI. What will they do next after they have destroyed the foundation of intellectual property? ... *shiver* ... will they ... *gasp* ... start investment banks? ... run for Congress? ...
In my observations, for a great many people the brain serves as a backup system for the colon. It acts a storage area for excrement prior to expulsion into the external environment. Often this occurs in conversations, or even in blogs.