Just don't. The people who want to pirate will, no matter what you do. Any DRM would only inconvenience legitimate customers. Just make it easy to buy your software for people who want to do so, and provide something worthwhile for the money (e.g. answer support questions, respond to bug reports, etc.)
I'm confused. Why would anyone care what a DVD player does or doesn't do, when there's a free, high quality, ad-free version of pretty much anything on the Pirate Bay (and countless other distribution channels) that will play on any device, in any way I want, whenever I want?
They can (somewhat, temporarily) control their own distribution channels. But once it's out in the open, any and all control over these closed channels is moot.
Note: Damn, I only read in the end that you're supposed to provide everything electronically. Spoils half the fun. But the idea is the same - flood them with information that is exactly what they asked for, but completely useless. Also, a carton full of floppies could be considered "electronic"...
Hmm. It says:
You are required to produce all documents, records and data relating to, regarding, or referring to the folliwing: [...] Journals, documents, records and data stored by JSTOR;
Great! Download every document from there, print it out.
Means of access to JSTOR;
Print the source code of Firefox, Chromium, lynx, and a disassembly of IE (add in any other browsers you feel like).
Computer software capable of making repeated requests for documents, records and data from JSTOR;
Add in articles, websites, manuals, reviews, blog posts, mailing list archives and whatever about all of these, as well as every Wikipedia article even remotely related to computers. Because, well, if you don't know how a transistor works, how can you even begin to understand how all this works?
In other words, hand them a literal truckload of paper. And not only have you complied with what they were asking of you, you've done your absolute best to give them all information you have or could procure pertaining to the case.
The only information to give to the police is your lawyer's name. Ideally, let your lawyer tell them that too.
I don't disagree that this is good advice, but how does it work with people who don't happen to have a lawyer on standby? I.e., probably >90% of all people?
Only when you control the kernel/boot loader. I have a feeling that this will be used a lot by vendors to lock you out of your own devices, e.g. Android phones etc.
I'm as paranoid as the next geek, and the idea of secure boot etc. appeals a lot to me if done correctly. As in, if it's MY device, then I get to decide what runs on it, and no one else. But it's a tool, and as such it can be used both for you and against you. There can't be a technical solution, technology is dumb. We need a legal solution, either in the form of regulation or widespread adoption (and enforcement) of the GPLv3.
Right - but I wouldn't use the same name for Rapidshare if I were to create an account there, at least for any shady business. I think you can even find my real name from my usual nickname if you look hard enough, I don't particularly care about that.
Don't get your hopes up about komoot, I tried to use the Android app as a bicycle satnav, but it didn't work too well. OpenRouteService (with OsmAnd) is much better.:-)
This explanation is incomplete, of course, since presumably the uploader is also on the hook for copyright violation, and you have to register an account to upload anything (I think), but there are few uploaders and many downloaders, so the explanation above could still work on average.
Who registers accounts with real personal data?
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In that case, I disagree. If anything can be said about human nature, it's that it isn't static. In a society so thoroughly permeated by violence, of course human nature becomes violent. That doesn't mean it always has to be that way.
I took the GP to mean that without war and violence, life would be empty and dull, implying that conflict makes life worth living.
Clue time: There is no such thing as a "communist personality cult". There are, of course, people who claim that their particular personality cult is somehow communist. Like the North Korean elite. Or Stalin's bureaucrats. Or even misguided but honest-to-$NONEXISTENT_DEITY communists. That doesn't make it true, any more than that humans were brought to Earth by Xenu in DC-8s.
At least the x86 Chromebooks have a developer switch, which lets you install whatever you want on it - so it really shouldn't be too hard.
This might very well be what I've been waiting for too (well, not this one in particular, but ARM Chromebooks generally). My wish list: * decent screen (>= 1600x900, preferably IPS) * at least 64GB flash (or user-upgradeable, either mSATA or just plain old 2.5") * at least 2GB RAM (4GB and user-upgradeable would be better, but we'll probably have to wait another year or so for 64-bit ARM for that to be viable)
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Yawn. We've already discussed that in 2006: IBM to Buy ISS for $1.3 Billion
LOL. GRASS is a finished product? I would really like that. Maybe I'll download it and check it out again. A year ago I was not impressed.
You're smoking it wrong.
Like the F-35?
It can't even go to warp.
Sure it can. It just can't do it while it is in the Earth's atmosphere.
Only if you put it in the storage/shuttle bay of a warp-capable vessel, though.
Well, this is better than some of the things our government spends our tax dollars on...
I agree. Make Star Trek parodies, not war!
Just don't. The people who want to pirate will, no matter what you do. Any DRM would only inconvenience legitimate customers. Just make it easy to buy your software for people who want to do so, and provide something worthwhile for the money (e.g. answer support questions, respond to bug reports, etc.)
I'm confused. Why would anyone care what a DVD player does or doesn't do, when there's a free, high quality, ad-free version of pretty much anything on the Pirate Bay (and countless other distribution channels) that will play on any device, in any way I want, whenever I want?
They can (somewhat, temporarily) control their own distribution channels. But once it's out in the open, any and all control over these closed channels is moot.
Note: Damn, I only read in the end that you're supposed to provide everything electronically. Spoils half the fun. But the idea is the same - flood them with information that is exactly what they asked for, but completely useless. Also, a carton full of floppies could be considered "electronic"...
Hmm. It says:
Great! Download every document from there, print it out.
Print the source code of Firefox, Chromium, lynx, and a disassembly of IE (add in any other browsers you feel like).
Print out wget, curl, httrack, bash, gcc, glibc, python, ruby, whatever.
Add in articles, websites, manuals, reviews, blog posts, mailing list archives and whatever about all of these, as well as every Wikipedia article even remotely related to computers. Because, well, if you don't know how a transistor works, how can you even begin to understand how all this works?
In other words, hand them a literal truckload of paper. And not only have you complied with what they were asking of you, you've done your absolute best to give them all information you have or could procure pertaining to the case.
Problem solved.
The only information to give to the police is your lawyer's name. Ideally, let your lawyer tell them that too.
I don't disagree that this is good advice, but how does it work with people who don't happen to have a lawyer on standby? I.e., probably >90% of all people?
Only when you control the kernel/boot loader. I have a feeling that this will be used a lot by vendors to lock you out of your own devices, e.g. Android phones etc.
I'm as paranoid as the next geek, and the idea of secure boot etc. appeals a lot to me if done correctly. As in, if it's MY device, then I get to decide what runs on it, and no one else. But it's a tool, and as such it can be used both for you and against you. There can't be a technical solution, technology is dumb. We need a legal solution, either in the form of regulation or widespread adoption (and enforcement) of the GPLv3.
Signed modules? Yay for tivoization!
Old people?
In Korea?
They've added big boobs to the kernel, does that count?
I eat toe cheese too, just in the privacy of my own home.
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Right - but I wouldn't use the same name for Rapidshare if I were to create an account there, at least for any shady business. I think you can even find my real name from my usual nickname if you look hard enough, I don't particularly care about that.
Don't get your hopes up about komoot, I tried to use the Android app as a bicycle satnav, but it didn't work too well. OpenRouteService (with OsmAnd) is much better. :-)
This explanation is incomplete, of course, since presumably the uploader is also on the hook for copyright violation, and you have to register an account to upload anything (I think), but there are few uploaders and many downloaders, so the explanation above could still work on average.
Who registers accounts with real personal data?
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Only if there's no crack involved.
Woooooooooooosh!
Empty of people. It is a comment on human nature.
In that case, I disagree. If anything can be said about human nature, it's that it isn't static. In a society so thoroughly permeated by violence, of course human nature becomes violent. That doesn't mean it always has to be that way.
I took the GP to mean that without war and violence, life would be empty and dull, implying that conflict makes life worth living.
Empty of war and violence? I'd take that any day over what we have now.
everything you types was wrong
I see what you did there.
I believe that you have a much better Democracy in the USA than ours, but thats because you are better quality citizens
Uh, what? Care to elaborate?
I don't think you have anything to worry about. They're not making a portable deep fryer, this is a computer.
Just put today's 48 core chip in a laptop, and there's your portable fryer.
Clue time: There is no such thing as a "communist personality cult". There are, of course, people who claim that their particular personality cult is somehow communist. Like the North Korean elite. Or Stalin's bureaucrats. Or even misguided but honest-to-$NONEXISTENT_DEITY communists. That doesn't make it true, any more than that humans were brought to Earth by Xenu in DC-8s.
They've already used their 5 minute data allowance for this month.
At least the x86 Chromebooks have a developer switch, which lets you install whatever you want on it - so it really shouldn't be too hard.
This might very well be what I've been waiting for too (well, not this one in particular, but ARM Chromebooks generally). My wish list:
* decent screen (>= 1600x900, preferably IPS)
* at least 64GB flash (or user-upgradeable, either mSATA or just plain old 2.5")
* at least 2GB RAM (4GB and user-upgradeable would be better, but we'll probably have to wait another year or so for 64-bit ARM for that to be viable)