Now here I am, with frankly an assload of HDD space at nearly 1Tb, yet thanks to their DMCA bullshit I can't just walk into Walmart and buy software that'll let me rip these discs, which I fricking paid nearly a grand for, to my HDD... WTF is the point of having all this space if I'm not allowed to put my fricking media on it??
I think you bring up something interesting: if, in the US, customers were legally allowed to rip their DVDs and Blu-Ray discs to their HDDs for backup and play back, wouldn't the need for more storage space increase? Thus driving up the demand for hard drives.
I know the same happened to me, but in terms of music. Every time I buy a CD (all used, sorry RIAA), the first thing I do is rip it to my HDD then put the CD in the case and put the case on the shelf. I rip so I can listen to it on various computers, transfer it to my iPod or burn them to CDs so I can listen to them in my car, or sneakernet a copy to a friend of mine for his preview to see if it's worth purchasing. I eventually ran out of space so I had to go buy a larger HDD. Hell, if I would have a reason to go with RAID then that would have meant purchasing yet another HDD.
So why aren't hard drive manufacturers on the side of pushing for legislation for legal ripping?
For those of you complaining about this - or other - features that seem to slow down your machine: you can always use the search bar in whatever major browsing you're using.
If you use Google as your homepage there are options to disable at least this feature. However, I'm one of those crazies that just opens up the previous sessions windows, always mindful to close out potentially shocking or embarrassing tabs.
Sarge: What in Sam Hell is a 'Puma'? Simmons: Uhh, you mean like the shoe company? Grif: No. Like a Puma. It's a big cat, it's like a lion. Sarge: You're making that up. Grif: I'm telling you, it's a real animal. Sarge: Simmons, I want you to poison Grif's next meal. Simmons: Yes sir! Sarge: Look, see these two tow hooks? They look like tusks, and what kind of animal has tusks? Grif: A walrus. Sarge: Didn't I just tell you to stop making up animals?!
After putting together my last full tower, I ended up having various stickers from all the components I bought (power supply, CPU, RAM, motherboard, and even the CPU cooler). Since I'm a bit of a pack-rat, and tend to not like throwing things out, I decided I wanted to put them somewhere on my nice and clean brushed aluminum case. Turns out the full tower had one of those front panels that swings open to reveal the air intake and drive bays, so I decided to place all the stickers on the inside of that. It'll be nice to keep adding more stickers as I keep the case and upgrade/refresh the components.
I find it amusing that this comment would get modded up without any sources or links being cited. Meaning, mods have done zero confirmatory investigation before "doing their job."
Not to say it didn't actually happen, just sayin'...
So you, as one type of artist, are complaining that a different group of artists should not be able to use the same medium as you, because it raises prices. What makes your camera-toting artists more deserving of these MPPs than the lightsabre makers? Moreover, don't you think this also raises prices for the lightsabre makers and buyers, not just the picture-takers?
Just going on assumptions here, but if he wasn't charged for carrying a concealed weapon that means one of two things: he has a CCW or Utah is an open carry state (which looks to be true). If he was carrying openly, I hope that a bar tender would not have served him. If he was carrying concealed, he is one of those few irresponsible dolts who decide that guns plus mind-altering substances are a-okay.
Windows 95 did include Winsock but I remember having to download Winsock 2 as it was a prerequisite for more than a few programs that could connect to the Internet. I can't seem to remember if Win98 SE ever included Winsock 2 or if a user was still required to download it.
It also depends what data is contained on the card. Suppose all that it held was a student number. Well, that's fine and dandy and I suppose you could create fake student IDs to get discount software, check out books at the library, and take advantage of other Uni perks. But - of course - that means you'd be committing identity theft.
For example, the State of Michigan started issuing enhanced drivers licenses with an RFID chip in them to allow passport-free travel between the US and other WHTI countries. Supposedly, the only thing on them is a unique key. So if you want to walk around Detroit with an RFID reader and "track" people, good luck: the only thing you're tracking is the unique keys. You'd need access to whatever database in order to tie that unique key to a specific person.
I'm not saying that identity theft wouldn't happen - it would - just that you'd have no idea who you were trying to impersonate and that spoofing a drivers license has a whole lot of potential for misuse than some college kid's ID.
If you could privatize passenger rail, where would you do it? Amtrak runs over lines that are owned and maintained by freight companies (CSX, Norfolk Southern, et al.) as well as Amtrak-owned lines (but only around 800 miles).
Suppose you wanted to build a rail line in Ohio from Cleveland to Columbus to Cincinnati. Would it be cheaper to subsidize Amtrak to run over already existing freight lines or to see a privately-owned company try to buy up all the land along the route, lay track, maintain it, purchase freights and engines, and then hire employees?
I think we can figure out what is more economically feasible right now, but keep in mind that money isn't everything.
It's not really a hatred for rural folks living in the US. It's the fact that around 80% of the US' population lives in an urban area. Cater to those 80% and the government gets more bang for their buck rather than catering to 20% of the population spread over a larger area than the 80%. So you have a vocal minority raising their voices about not getting a fair shake when a majority of the population (and I would assume American slashdot posters) live in an urban area.
Posting the straight up data is fine, but as Edward Tufte will tell you, there are many ways to display it in a manner that will hide any sort of insight. A good idea would be to have a relatively simple chart or table, and perhaps a couple paragraphs proposing ideas as to why certain industries or websites received lower scores than others.
In short, make your data interesting, not the actual graph.
The problem for many people is the incongruity between how they were raised and reality... As we grow up, we learn that these are simply convenient lies that define our society.
When presented with conflicting visual evidence, we can be shocked and damaged - our world view is broken. Some go into denial (classifying the content as depravity), and some go into depression (recognizing that society is simply a veneer). Education and experience over time tends to break these falsehoods more gently, incrementally.
Or, perhaps, people were raised with empathy? I would bet that when there is an abuser and someone or some animal is being hurt, most people don't identify with the abuser.
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If you wanted to knock terrorism into last century, you'd have to do two things: leave Iraq and Afghanistan, and form a new Manhattan style project to harvest energy directly to the sun to end our oil addiction. Of course, those things are nearly impossible for the US to do, since it only seeks power and money.
Not really sure what link Iraq and Afghanistan have with ending oil addiction. First, Afghanistan doesn't even import crude oil into the US. We're there due to war.
As for knocking terrorism into the 20th century? Forget about it. There will always be groups and peoples on either far edge of the bell curve who think they're being oppressed, or don't like the way Group X does Activity Y. Information, tolerance, and compromise are keys to eroding terrorism; not simply packing up and saying, "Good luck with that military power vacuum!" in a couple of invaded countries.
Perhaps this explains why the roads in Michigan are complete shit. The I-75 corridor between Toledo, OH and Detroit, MI was used as a running joke for 18-wheelers: if you need to find out which parts to replace because they're loose, just run I-75 and you'll hear all the rattles.
A majority of the interstates in southeast Michigan are done in concrete, yet we experience chilly winters, plenty snow, we use rock salt to de-ice the roads, and we have heavy amounts of truck traffic due to a couple international bridge crossings and industry to and from Chicagoland area.
The only plus I can see concrete having over macadam is traction in the wet. Down here in northern Virginia during rainy days, torque steer is common in my car (FWD with about 150 ft/lb of torque). Despite being from Michigan, I don't typically drive like a hellion, but I still have to slow down on my right hand turns, on highway interchanges, pulling out into the street, and even taking off from a stop light.
As a person that benches, I've taken thousands pictures of trains and infrastructure outside of museums. I do this simply because, broadly put, as long as I'm on public property, I'm fine. Hell, out of the seven years I've been taking flicks, I've only been approached once and it wasn't by any sort of authority figure: just a local rail yard worker telling me I'm not allowed to take pictures. I simply said that I am allowed to take pictures (I was standing in a park and ride lot for the local bus system) but turned and left because there weren't any more freights on their way in or out.
But that's just my anecdote. For those that ride and want to photograph rail systems (Metro, Metra, Amtrak, et al.) well, as asinine as their policies are, you have to follow them as long as you're on their property. I used to ride Detroit's People Mover every day and would see signs in the stations stating that if there is going to be any sort of photography to contact DPM's public relations department.
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Now here I am, with frankly an assload of HDD space at nearly 1Tb, yet thanks to their DMCA bullshit I can't just walk into Walmart and buy software that'll let me rip these discs, which I fricking paid nearly a grand for, to my HDD ... WTF is the point of having all this space if I'm not allowed to put my fricking media on it??
I think you bring up something interesting: if, in the US, customers were legally allowed to rip their DVDs and Blu-Ray discs to their HDDs for backup and play back, wouldn't the need for more storage space increase? Thus driving up the demand for hard drives.
I know the same happened to me, but in terms of music. Every time I buy a CD (all used, sorry RIAA), the first thing I do is rip it to my HDD then put the CD in the case and put the case on the shelf. I rip so I can listen to it on various computers, transfer it to my iPod or burn them to CDs so I can listen to them in my car, or sneakernet a copy to a friend of mine for his preview to see if it's worth purchasing. I eventually ran out of space so I had to go buy a larger HDD. Hell, if I would have a reason to go with RAID then that would have meant purchasing yet another HDD.
So why aren't hard drive manufacturers on the side of pushing for legislation for legal ripping?
For those of you complaining about this - or other - features that seem to slow down your machine: you can always use the search bar in whatever major browsing you're using.
If you use Google as your homepage there are options to disable at least this feature. However, I'm one of those crazies that just opens up the previous sessions windows, always mindful to close out potentially shocking or embarrassing tabs.
YMMV.
Oblig RvB:
Sarge: What in Sam Hell is a 'Puma'?
Simmons: Uhh, you mean like the shoe company?
Grif: No. Like a Puma. It's a big cat, it's like a lion.
Sarge: You're making that up.
Grif: I'm telling you, it's a real animal.
Sarge: Simmons, I want you to poison Grif's next meal.
Simmons: Yes sir!
Sarge: Look, see these two tow hooks? They look like tusks, and what kind of animal has tusks?
Grif: A walrus.
Sarge: Didn't I just tell you to stop making up animals?!
It shouldn't have exploded but merely felt a nice breeze as something went sailing over your head.
After putting together my last full tower, I ended up having various stickers from all the components I bought (power supply, CPU, RAM, motherboard, and even the CPU cooler). Since I'm a bit of a pack-rat, and tend to not like throwing things out, I decided I wanted to put them somewhere on my nice and clean brushed aluminum case. Turns out the full tower had one of those front panels that swings open to reveal the air intake and drive bays, so I decided to place all the stickers on the inside of that. It'll be nice to keep adding more stickers as I keep the case and upgrade/refresh the components.
I wonder if he had ever heard - or was a follower - of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement?
I find it amusing that this comment would get modded up without any sources or links being cited. Meaning, mods have done zero confirmatory investigation before "doing their job."
Not to say it didn't actually happen, just sayin'...
So you, as one type of artist, are complaining that a different group of artists should not be able to use the same medium as you, because it raises prices. What makes your camera-toting artists more deserving of these MPPs than the lightsabre makers? Moreover, don't you think this also raises prices for the lightsabre makers and buyers, not just the picture-takers?
Just going on assumptions here, but if he wasn't charged for carrying a concealed weapon that means one of two things: he has a CCW or Utah is an open carry state (which looks to be true). If he was carrying openly, I hope that a bar tender would not have served him. If he was carrying concealed, he is one of those few irresponsible dolts who decide that guns plus mind-altering substances are a-okay.
Unless they are discussing a lot of Schrodinger's cats.
I thought it was there for entertainment.
Windows 95 did include Winsock but I remember having to download Winsock 2 as it was a prerequisite for more than a few programs that could connect to the Internet. I can't seem to remember if Win98 SE ever included Winsock 2 or if a user was still required to download it.
I don't think banjo posed a "yes/no" question..
Wookie poh nuuuuub in all the wrong pwaces..
It also depends what data is contained on the card. Suppose all that it held was a student number. Well, that's fine and dandy and I suppose you could create fake student IDs to get discount software, check out books at the library, and take advantage of other Uni perks. But - of course - that means you'd be committing identity theft.
For example, the State of Michigan started issuing enhanced drivers licenses with an RFID chip in them to allow passport-free travel between the US and other WHTI countries. Supposedly, the only thing on them is a unique key. So if you want to walk around Detroit with an RFID reader and "track" people, good luck: the only thing you're tracking is the unique keys. You'd need access to whatever database in order to tie that unique key to a specific person.
I'm not saying that identity theft wouldn't happen - it would - just that you'd have no idea who you were trying to impersonate and that spoofing a drivers license has a whole lot of potential for misuse than some college kid's ID.
If you could privatize passenger rail, where would you do it? Amtrak runs over lines that are owned and maintained by freight companies (CSX, Norfolk Southern, et al.) as well as Amtrak-owned lines (but only around 800 miles). Suppose you wanted to build a rail line in Ohio from Cleveland to Columbus to Cincinnati. Would it be cheaper to subsidize Amtrak to run over already existing freight lines or to see a privately-owned company try to buy up all the land along the route, lay track, maintain it, purchase freights and engines, and then hire employees? I think we can figure out what is more economically feasible right now, but keep in mind that money isn't everything.
It's not really a hatred for rural folks living in the US. It's the fact that around 80% of the US' population lives in an urban area. Cater to those 80% and the government gets more bang for their buck rather than catering to 20% of the population spread over a larger area than the 80%. So you have a vocal minority raising their voices about not getting a fair shake when a majority of the population (and I would assume American slashdot posters) live in an urban area.
Posting the straight up data is fine, but as Edward Tufte will tell you, there are many ways to display it in a manner that will hide any sort of insight. A good idea would be to have a relatively simple chart or table, and perhaps a couple paragraphs proposing ideas as to why certain industries or websites received lower scores than others. In short, make your data interesting, not the actual graph.
Hey!
Twitter has 5 8's reliability.
You mean that every five days it has 8 hours of availability? =)
The problem for many people is the incongruity between how they were raised and reality... As we grow up, we learn that these are simply convenient lies that define our society.
When presented with conflicting visual evidence, we can be shocked and damaged - our world view is broken. Some go into denial (classifying the content as depravity), and some go into depression (recognizing that society is simply a veneer). Education and experience over time tends to break these falsehoods more gently, incrementally.
Or, perhaps, people were raised with empathy? I would bet that when there is an abuser and someone or some animal is being hurt, most people don't identify with the abuser.
Don't forget the guy who flew his own plane into an Austin office building housing some IRS workers.
If you wanted to knock terrorism into last century, you'd have to do two things: leave Iraq and Afghanistan, and form a new Manhattan style project to harvest energy directly to the sun to end our oil addiction. Of course, those things are nearly impossible for the US to do, since it only seeks power and money.
Not really sure what link Iraq and Afghanistan have with ending oil addiction. First, Afghanistan doesn't even import crude oil into the US. We're there due to war.
Now, while we do import crude oil from Iraq, it's roughly 5% of our total imports; same as An-freakin-gola. Guess who the number one and two importers are? Canada, followed by Mexico, which account for roughly a third of crude imports.
As for knocking terrorism into the 20th century? Forget about it. There will always be groups and peoples on either far edge of the bell curve who think they're being oppressed, or don't like the way Group X does Activity Y. Information, tolerance, and compromise are keys to eroding terrorism; not simply packing up and saying, "Good luck with that military power vacuum!" in a couple of invaded countries.
Although, I would make sure all the chairs are properly secured before-hand..
Perhaps this explains why the roads in Michigan are complete shit. The I-75 corridor between Toledo, OH and Detroit, MI was used as a running joke for 18-wheelers: if you need to find out which parts to replace because they're loose, just run I-75 and you'll hear all the rattles.
A majority of the interstates in southeast Michigan are done in concrete, yet we experience chilly winters, plenty snow, we use rock salt to de-ice the roads, and we have heavy amounts of truck traffic due to a couple international bridge crossings and industry to and from Chicagoland area.
The only plus I can see concrete having over macadam is traction in the wet. Down here in northern Virginia during rainy days, torque steer is common in my car (FWD with about 150 ft/lb of torque). Despite being from Michigan, I don't typically drive like a hellion, but I still have to slow down on my right hand turns, on highway interchanges, pulling out into the street, and even taking off from a stop light.
As a person that benches, I've taken thousands pictures of trains and infrastructure outside of museums. I do this simply because, broadly put, as long as I'm on public property, I'm fine. Hell, out of the seven years I've been taking flicks, I've only been approached once and it wasn't by any sort of authority figure: just a local rail yard worker telling me I'm not allowed to take pictures. I simply said that I am allowed to take pictures (I was standing in a park and ride lot for the local bus system) but turned and left because there weren't any more freights on their way in or out.
But that's just my anecdote. For those that ride and want to photograph rail systems (Metro, Metra, Amtrak, et al.) well, as asinine as their policies are, you have to follow them as long as you're on their property. I used to ride Detroit's People Mover every day and would see signs in the stations stating that if there is going to be any sort of photography to contact DPM's public relations department.