OK if that is true why did the DMCA add a provision mandating Macrovision be respected by VCRs? 17 USC 1201(k)
If one's circuitry is by its nature not disrupted by Macrovision, it must be deliberately crippled so it will be.
That would be redundant if your interpretation is correct, since not implementing protection would be circumventing it.
Congress including 1201 (k) specifically indicates that they felt it necessary to specifically mandate that a certain system for protection be made to work.
That would seem to indicate that they felt that non-circumvention does not mean a product is required to implement protection (otherwise, no need for 1201 (k) since not respecting Macrovision would already by illegal).
Legislative intent goes a long way in the courts, so simply ignoring a do-no-copy flag might not be ruled illegal, until Congress passes an equivalent to 1201 (k) which covers such a system, however, a program which unsets that flag would be illegal.
Of course, the court could rule illogically, and you could have a mult-million dollar judgement against you and/or a multi-year prison sentence...
Sad that the FSF had to resort to a lawsuit to get Cisco's attention, to get their compliance act together. But everyone wins in the end.
Not too surprising, since Cisco is HUGE. I was in San Jose in 2001 and while on the trolley went past their campus, it was a whole neighborhood of buildings. Absolutely enormous.
It takes big companies a while to react.
I'm glad Cisco did the right thing (finally). Now if they could push for more IPv6 adoption...
1. Will Flash media, WITH SOUND, work out of the box? 2. What about VPN? 3. What about wireless? 4. Any specialty software? Someone mentioned quilting software, is there a Linux package for that? If you say yes, provide a URL. 5. Printing? 6. Educational software? 7. Stuff to keep the kids away from nasty sites? 8. Home automation?
But it's a safe bet that I'm more secure than any Linux distro out there (which I've proven via a friend who runs Debian, by betting his system would get FUBAR'd before mine after 3 consecutive days of surfing and downloading from some very disreputable sites. His system was tanked in two days, mine never got touched.)
Are you sure? Someone might have your bank info and be about to make an unauthorized withdrawal.
Bush didn't BAN stem cell research. He just said if you did any research with politically incorrect (*) stem cell lines you'd be denied Federal funding for ANYTHING you do, even if totally unrelated, which would kill most research institutes.
(*) I really need a right wing equivalent for "politically correct", which implies stupid leftist positions, as opposed to stupid rightist positions.
I put the libflashplayer.so in the plugins directory which didn't even exist, and Firefox said it couldn't find any plugins, even though it was in ~/.mozilla/firefox/{bunch of hex} or whatever the profile is. I finally find where the system one is, and get it to see the plugin, and all flash content is silent! No, my soundcard ain't burned out, stereo broken or cables not working. mpg123 works fine!!!! But getting Flash, which is missing from Linux Firefox out of the box working is a pain.
Windows just works, at least up until it started crashing and now fails to boot. But things mostly worked, without tons of unnecessary and useless tweaking (some tweaking is good, this was not).
In Nevada they can forcibly take a blood sample from you, use it against you if high, but still suspend/revoke your license for refusal even though they did obtain it (albeit by force) and even if it is not high (a refusal penalty still holds even if you are not guilty of DUI).
And if/when the software as a service shuts down, goes away, increases prices, and the data is held hostage, temporarily unavailable or lost, how much will THAT cost?
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1 year in prison can be very damaging to a person mentally and physically, especially if they are not tough and wise to prison life.
OK if that is true why did the DMCA add a provision mandating Macrovision be respected by VCRs? 17 USC 1201(k)
If one's circuitry is by its nature not disrupted by Macrovision, it must be deliberately crippled so it will be.
That would be redundant if your interpretation is correct, since not implementing protection would be circumventing it.
Congress including 1201 (k) specifically indicates that they felt it necessary to specifically mandate that a certain system for protection be made to work.
That would seem to indicate that they felt that non-circumvention does not mean a product is required to implement protection (otherwise, no need for 1201 (k) since not respecting Macrovision would already by illegal).
Legislative intent goes a long way in the courts, so simply ignoring a do-no-copy flag might not be ruled illegal, until Congress passes an equivalent to 1201 (k) which covers such a system, however, a program which unsets that flag would be illegal.
Of course, the court could rule illogically, and you could have a mult-million dollar judgement against you and/or a multi-year prison sentence...
Life's full of hassles - the law ain't going to change that.
The law adds plenty of hassles of its own.
Sad that the FSF had to resort to a lawsuit to get Cisco's attention, to get their compliance act together. But everyone wins in the end.
Not too surprising, since Cisco is HUGE. I was in San Jose in 2001 and while on the trolley went past their campus, it was a whole neighborhood of buildings. Absolutely enormous.
It takes big companies a while to react.
I'm glad Cisco did the right thing (finally). Now if they could push for more IPv6 adoption...
Coca-Cola in Tijuana, Mexico tastes sweeter, like the "New Coke" was.
and this is the reason that the nice parts of town are more likely to be found north of the city
Haven't been to Las Vegas, Saint Louis, or New York City, have you?
water shortages our are future
What makes you think so?
With Linux:
1. Will Flash media, WITH SOUND, work out of the box?
2. What about VPN?
3. What about wireless?
4. Any specialty software? Someone mentioned quilting software, is there a Linux package for that? If you say yes, provide a URL.
5. Printing?
6. Educational software?
7. Stuff to keep the kids away from nasty sites?
8. Home automation?
Is there VPN software for Linux that doesn't require 40 hours of work and a PhD in CS in order to get up and running?
But it's a safe bet that I'm more secure than any Linux distro out there (which I've proven via a friend who runs Debian, by betting his system would get FUBAR'd before mine after 3 consecutive days of surfing and downloading from some very disreputable sites. His system was tanked in two days, mine never got touched.)
Are you sure? Someone might have your bank info and be about to make an unauthorized withdrawal.
I seriously doubt a Mustang has a distributor (or a distributor cap), it almost certainly would have fully electronic ignition!
Bush didn't BAN stem cell research. He just said if you did any research with politically incorrect (*) stem cell lines you'd be denied Federal funding for ANYTHING you do, even if totally unrelated, which would kill most research institutes.
(*) I really need a right wing equivalent for "politically correct", which implies stupid leftist positions, as opposed to stupid rightist positions.
I put the libflashplayer.so in the plugins directory which didn't even exist, and Firefox said it couldn't find any plugins, even though it was in ~/.mozilla/firefox/{bunch of hex} or whatever the profile is. I finally find where the system one is, and get it to see the plugin, and all flash content is silent! No, my soundcard ain't burned out, stereo broken or cables not working. mpg123 works fine!!!! But getting Flash, which is missing from Linux Firefox out of the box working is a pain.
Windows just works, at least up until it started crashing and now fails to boot. But things mostly worked, without tons of unnecessary and useless tweaking (some tweaking is good, this was not).
I've never seen flashing yellow on one direction and flashing red on the other.
When lights fail over here (if they aren't dark) it is flashing red in both directions.
In Nevada they can forcibly take a blood sample from you, use it against you if high, but still suspend/revoke your license for refusal even though they did obtain it (albeit by force) and even if it is not high (a refusal penalty still holds even if you are not guilty of DUI).
Secondly, we should have the right to elect at least a portion of the Supreme Court.
HELL NO! Our last protection against abuse would be partially filled with people who pander to popular sentiments.
No way!
Because the typical Slashdot reader is a thief?
Not a thief, a copyright infringer!
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How would the drive read the firmware if it has to have firmware to tell it how to read the disk?
Now, firmware UPDATES could conceivably be stored on the disk...
And if/when the software as a service shuts down, goes away, increases prices, and the data is held hostage, temporarily unavailable or lost, how much will THAT cost?
SkyNet
Las Vegas.
But who is healthier?
As in blood pressure, insulin sensitivity, exercise capacity, inflammation levels, immune system strength, etc.
But until then, this ad doesn't tell a non-geek anything...except that Linux is pretentious.
That works for Apple.
centrifugal?