First posting aside... It looks like after 20 years of the PC business, some real contenders are rearing their heads to do battle with the big boys, and they have a serious fighting chance.
Now, if we could just do that with our government....
Something is really wrong with this case, does anyone else sense this?
Somebody impersonates someone else online (President Clinton ring a bell?) and the one getting (supposedly) impersonated gets arrested?
I don't want to "predict" the future or anything, but watch this case closely, it sounds like the government has found a new Mitnick to replace the old one that they finally let out after years of abuse.
Here is a question. Havent seen it yet in the threads, but it says in the article that they are massively funded. Who in their right mind, with enough money to make a difference would pay for this? And who has the funding to make it profitable for just about every major ISP to want to hop on?
Well, I just realized something after reading through all of the posts below. MP3's do NOT steal money from artists and record labels, they prevent record companies and artists from making MORE money. It's just like clicking "NO" on the accpet license part of your brand new PC, and then installing Linux, you are merely denying Bill Gates/Microsoft from making money on something else that they have licensed.
The real problem that I persoanlly have is that I happen to like Paul McCartney/Wings/The Beatles very much. I have @ 40+ CD's by just them. And I have also ripped every one of them to MP3, I can take them with me, at the quality that they were intended be heard at, for little to no effort. I am torn between my like of the artist and his work, and what I know is right in the MP3 format.
Yes, 'Paul McCartney' is not suing MP3.com, but he is the head of MPL Comm. And the fact that people think that MP3's are steaing money from record companies means that people need to do a little more research.
Of the pople that I work with in my company (800+) I can count less than 20 who actually know what an MP3 is, much less how to do anything with it.
The point is, I will go generous and say that there might be up to 50 people in my company is that condition, which leaves roughly 750 of of 800 people (93.75%) still buying CD's religously at their local Tower Records, donating their hard earned money to the man. Get over, it, times they are-a-changing.
Let's face it, Communisim in its purest form is THE ideal government. Not the Russian version, or the Chinese version. The one that exists in the fantasy world. Where everyone works with the work ethic that 99% of geeks have, and that work is rewarded with a better place to live (or work, i.e. Open-Source).
Note to Al Gore, you dribbling piece of driftwood. I don't vote, and its because I see what our society has to offer up for leaders, and I want to puke.
If someone real, pure, and not a political bullshitter actually decided to run for office, that person would probably get @ 15 million votes, JUST FROM THE GEEK COMMUNITY.
I am damn proud to be a geek, it means I earned what I have right now, I know how to work my butt off to get the job done. Try doing that for a change instead of lining your pockets with my tax money, Mr. "I Invented the Internet"!
Personally, I am boycotting the movie theatres, Blockbuster movie rentals, etc. until the DeCSS thing has been decided upon.
Bu they better hurry up, if this isnt finished by the time the Matrix sequels come out, I'm gonna be pissed.
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Actually, wav files are just too big for the MPAA to download on their OC3's (they all have them, makes it easier to copy DVD's without having to pay their own exorbitant royatlies). RealAudio, there's something low-tech that corporate types could associate with.
BTW, take the "FUCK THE MPAA" out (for the author), its just more fodder for the lawyers. My 00000001 00000001 cents worth.
I know what everyone is saying, technically, I dont get paid for the work that I do, being as I am salaried. I make good money, but let's face it, they are getting me for a bargain.
I get up in the morning, use my Frame relay circuit to check and make sure the backups ran properly, check my email. 30 min
I go to work @630am, work till about 1100-1130 and go to lunch in our lunchroom, where I am usually accosted by a luser who cant figure out how to move their taskbar. subtract 30min from lunch HOUR
I go home, @ 415pm, get home around 5, then check email again from home machine to make sure there is nothing that I will get fired for not handling before tomorrow for.
1-2 pages per weekend - add 3-4 hours to my work week. Tack on the 15 hour days that I work when I travel for work and we have quite a hefty average for the work week. Good thing for me I like my job.
Let's be honest here, the MPAA (and RIAA, for that matter) know EXACTLY who they are going to piss off by doing what they are doing. And they are also well aware of what we, as 'hackers' are capable of. They also know, that unfortunately for us, the bogus, broad-based technology crime laws are written against people like us, who at any given time, just by doing what we know is right (reverse engineering, taking things apart, figuring them out) could be sent to prison, indefinitely. The article is correct, 100%. The world may be run by computers, but money still makes that world go 'round. They wanna say that we are stealing their money, then get some stock and show that they arent representing your needs and wants, as a shareholder. Now there are enough of us in the world to put the kebosh on any one of their websites, but then they go to court and say "We were just trying to protect our investment! And looks what these bullys did to our website!" Dont think it can happen? Read the news, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, et al. have already decided that the recent dDoS attacks and the RSA website hacking are not only related, but were caused by the guy WHO WROTE THE SOFTWARE. Sound familiar? The guy who writes DeCSS gets arrested because the MPAA doesnt like what it can do. The guy who writes Trinoo gets looked into (so far....) because the FBI doesnt like what that can do. Face it, the only way to fight big business is by taking control of their business, by whatever legal means possible. Not to quote an off color reference, but remember how the 'Nerds' won in Revenge Of The Nerds? they didnt resort to violence or anything like that, They took control of the governing body. Thats the way to win. Ignore the sig below
Remember, Even if something isnt on the Windows NT HCL, doesnt mean you cant use it. Even Microsoft knows this. All that "Windows 95/NT required" means is that if it breaks, and you arent using one of those OS's, then they arent going to help you fix it. It does NOT make it illegal to use an alternate OS to play a DVD movie.
What is your take on the fact that outside of the interview that you had on ABC here in the states, there has been little to no media coverage of this event? Do you think as I do that the MPAA has been squashing news reports about this issue because they know they are wrong?
I just got a new job, I'm quite happy about this, mainly because of the new challenge, and the management style that my boss has, and it seems to filter all the way up.
My boss and I have an agreement:
It's my job to make him look good, to show that he is doing a good job as a manager.
His job is to further my career in any way that I see fit, because if I am not doing what I want to do, then I am no good anyways. I'm signed up for Foundry Networks training, Juniper training, and some software dev stuff that I want to do.
I get what I want, he gets what he wants, we both live happy.
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I guess we should forgive France for that whole Jerry Lewis thing, they seem to have redeemed themselves...
Now, if we could just do that with our government....
And Oscar? Oh man, he's outta here, talk about aggressive behavior....
Somebody impersonates someone else online (President Clinton ring a bell?) and the one getting (supposedly) impersonated gets arrested?
I don't want to "predict" the future or anything, but watch this case closely, it sounds like the government has found a new Mitnick to replace the old one that they finally let out after years of abuse.
Any Takers?
The real problem that I persoanlly have is that I happen to like Paul McCartney/Wings/The Beatles very much. I have @ 40+ CD's by just them. And I have also ripped every one of them to MP3, I can take them with me, at the quality that they were intended be heard at, for little to no effort. I am torn between my like of the artist and his work, and what I know is right in the MP3 format.
Yes, 'Paul McCartney' is not suing MP3.com, but he is the head of MPL Comm. And the fact that people think that MP3's are steaing money from record companies means that people need to do a little more research.
Of the pople that I work with in my company (800+) I can count less than 20 who actually know what an MP3 is, much less how to do anything with it.
The point is, I will go generous and say that there might be up to 50 people in my company is that condition, which leaves roughly 750 of of 800 people (93.75%) still buying CD's religously at their local Tower Records, donating their hard earned money to the man. Get over, it, times they are-a-changing.
Wow, mine just has a bunch of numbers....
It makes it so much more INTERESTING for the reader!
Note to Al Gore, you dribbling piece of driftwood. I don't vote, and its because I see what our society has to offer up for leaders, and I want to puke.
If someone real, pure, and not a political bullshitter actually decided to run for office, that person would probably get @ 15 million votes, JUST FROM THE GEEK COMMUNITY.
I am damn proud to be a geek, it means I earned what I have right now, I know how to work my butt off to get the job done. Try doing that for a change instead of lining your pockets with my tax money, Mr. "I Invented the Internet"!
RICHARD STALLMAN FOR PRESIDENT!!!!
"We are going to make you do it, and if you don't, we'll make you do it."
since when did the US Court System become sovreign?
See, the real question here is, of course, Has the MPAA found DeCSS there yet?
Bu they better hurry up, if this isnt finished by the time the Matrix sequels come out, I'm gonna be pissed.
BTW, take the "FUCK THE MPAA" out (for the author), its just more fodder for the lawyers. My 00000001 00000001 cents worth.
I get up in the morning, use my Frame relay circuit to check and make sure the backups ran properly, check my email. 30 min
I go to work @630am, work till about 1100-1130 and go to lunch in our lunchroom, where I am usually accosted by a luser who cant figure out how to move their taskbar. subtract 30min from lunch HOUR
I go home, @ 415pm, get home around 5, then check email again from home machine to make sure there is nothing that I will get fired for not handling before tomorrow for.
1-2 pages per weekend - add 3-4 hours to my work week. Tack on the 15 hour days that I work when I travel for work and we have quite a hefty average for the work week. Good thing for me I like my job.
Just my 00000001 00000001's worth
Let's be honest here, the MPAA (and RIAA, for that matter) know EXACTLY who they are going to piss off by doing what they are doing. And they are also well aware of what we, as 'hackers' are capable of. They also know, that unfortunately for us, the bogus, broad-based technology crime laws are written against people like us, who at any given time, just by doing what we know is right (reverse engineering, taking things apart, figuring them out) could be sent to prison, indefinitely. The article is correct, 100%. The world may be run by computers, but money still makes that world go 'round. They wanna say that we are stealing their money, then get some stock and show that they arent representing your needs and wants, as a shareholder. Now there are enough of us in the world to put the kebosh on any one of their websites, but then they go to court and say "We were just trying to protect our investment! And looks what these bullys did to our website!" Dont think it can happen? Read the news, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, et al. have already decided that the recent dDoS attacks and the RSA website hacking are not only related, but were caused by the guy WHO WROTE THE SOFTWARE. Sound familiar? The guy who writes DeCSS gets arrested because the MPAA doesnt like what it can do. The guy who writes Trinoo gets looked into (so far....) because the FBI doesnt like what that can do. Face it, the only way to fight big business is by taking control of their business, by whatever legal means possible. Not to quote an off color reference, but remember how the 'Nerds' won in Revenge Of The Nerds? they didnt resort to violence or anything like that, They took control of the governing body. Thats the way to win. Ignore the sig below
Remember, Even if something isnt on the Windows NT HCL, doesnt mean you cant use it. Even Microsoft knows this. All that "Windows 95/NT required" means is that if it breaks, and you arent using one of those OS's, then they arent going to help you fix it. It does NOT make it illegal to use an alternate OS to play a DVD movie.
What is your take on the fact that outside of the interview that you had on ABC here in the states, there has been little to no media coverage of this event? Do you think as I do that the MPAA has been squashing news reports about this issue because they know they are wrong?
My boss and I have an agreement:
It's my job to make him look good, to show that he is doing a good job as a manager.
His job is to further my career in any way that I see fit, because if I am not doing what I want to do, then I am no good anyways. I'm signed up for Foundry Networks training, Juniper training, and some software dev stuff that I want to do.
I get what I want, he gets what he wants, we both live happy.