In Australia we have http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/
A one stop shop for Internet choice. Unlike the apparent inadequacy of the afore mentioned government service, this site actually give accurate information.
This is true and more people need to talk about it. The states nullified the Real ID act which shows that it works if the people are politically active enough in their states.
One of the best ways to beat the federal government is to ignore it.
I LOVE playing online. You have to realise that the "asshole" factor is just part of gaming culture and if you can't deal with that then you have a pretty thin skin: "Mum, the internet was mean to me. I don't want to play with the internet any more:("
That being said, there's nothing like neural network vs neural network gaming for thrills and and entertainment. Find a winning strategy, someone will figure out how to counter it. Think you've mastered the game, someone will pwn you. You must constantly evolve and learn new techniques/strategies. You can't be consistent or your dead. Of course, it has to be a well developed game first.
Until they make artificial neural networks to rival a human brain, online gaming will be the way for those looking to exercise the synapses.
To repeat about the GPL, which you like to twist to suit your agenda, you can't steal it while I have my copy. And anything you make from it is ours for the taking in the same fashion.
Exactly: sure a corporation can "steal" GPL code and use it in their product without releasing the source, but i say "good luck to them" in trying to sell it for more than $0 when there is no copyright. I think that the concept of a no copyright society hasn't been properly considered by many people.
And what will you do when the federal government starts bringing back policies abhorrent to the nation as a whole? The citizens need to be able to protect the their rights across the country.
fixed that for ya.
Expecting people to uproot their lives and move to a different locality that respects them isn't a reasonable fix.
The locality in question is still a democratic institution and they can govern themselves as the see fit. I think the idea of local people deciding local policies is a very sane paradigm. As oppose to the one size fits all policies of the feds.
Now do you see why intellectual property is retarded? This is the danger of owning ideas. Now not even Google can't create a free codec without paying tribute to the H.264 overlords.
Large corporation patents everything under the sun = I can't even think without violating some patent.
Treating abstractions the same way as physical property is not good idea. Oh yes.... it promotes innovation and the arts etc. etc. Well, seriously, you can keep your innovation; it's not worth it.
IP = theft: Stolen from me are the the ideas that I might use, on account that someone else thought of them first.
I totally agree; get rid of welfare! The government is always using the "reduce cost of welfare" argument as justification for governing how you take care of yourself: tax cigarettes to reduce health costs, etc.
Freedom and responsibility go hand in hand. Give the government responsibility over a facet of society and they get your freedom for free.
Same goes for education and health care. Get the government out of it and let the free market operate; and that doesn't mean crippling it by creating regulations which distort markets and locks out competition to established industries, and then blaming lack of regulation/government control as the problem.
The fact is, that it costs ~$0 to reproduce a song. So it's intrinsic value is roughly ZERO!
I work for an hour to earn the cost of a CD, then go to record company and say I want album X. Record company preses a button and ZAP, a fresh copy of album X. That'll be $30, please come again. So what exactly am I paying for? Charging money for abstractions makes no sense, economically.
The reason people don't want to pay for copies, and don't feel bad about "stealing" them, is because they're actually not worth anything.
So that 76 byte signature actually has to be computed when the movie is encoded, in order that it can be quickly identified afterwards by looking at the sig? It this right? Can I not just fudge the sig and then upload to youtube? wtf?
The universe is a pattern of vibrations/energy. Physical laws are just representations or patterns we observe that behave in a consistent way, which we have codified in some sort of language (usually maths). There are no "real" laws of physics, just abstract representations of observable phenomena. Some do a better job of representation than others.
Nature doesn't "use" pi or e to do calculations. These symbols are just part of our codification of consistent patterns which we have abstracted and aren't real outside our heads. Nothing "calculates" the physical world, rather, we calculate how parts of it will behave. In other words physics and maths MIMIC the universe; the universe is certainly NOT based on maths or physics. What will calculate the calculator. Don't confuse abstractions with reality.
No, he means TV is ACTUALLY dead. In 10 years time the internet will have killed it. How can this old broadcast medium compete with the vast, on demand and free (beer and freedom) network that is the internet.
Lots of people are just hooking up large LCD screens to their home server full of torrented media. This is just the beginning. Studies have shown (citation needed) that young people are already watching less television than previous generations, reversing a long established trend to the contrary.
Internet killed the Television star.
True, there won't be any tv shows to pirate. With no financial incentive to produce copyright works they will cease to be. No copyright = no piracy. Furthermore, there won't be a TV to show them on. There will be, however, a rich internet culture of alternative media to replace the profit-inspired corporate crap we have now.
The thing is, the GPL relies on copyright to exist
Actually, GPL exists only as a counter to copyright. If there was no copyright, then GPL would not be necessary. This is circular reasoning.
Furthermore, copyright infringement is only "theft" if you believe in ownership/monopoly of ideas. So what we have here is really an ideological debate. It seems you have the establishments dick in you're mouth or you're just on a moral high horse because you pay for music like a good corporate slave or perhaps you're a poor struggling artist who just can't make a break peddling his imaginary wares. So perhaps slashdot is not the place for you.
data cannot be owned and the legal game of twister that's happened in order to try and allow it is sickening. it needs to go away.
I agree. This vague and abstract mess that is copyright, is all born out of the misguided concept that you can own ideas. Corporations want us to think they can, people know in their hearts that they can't.... and here we are.
Slashdot Mirror
Sheesh guys, just use bitcoin already!
In Australia we have http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/
A one stop shop for Internet choice. Unlike the apparent inadequacy of the afore mentioned government service, this site actually give accurate information.
I'm in IT and I'm a libertarian nutter. Government "solutions" are the problem. Get the government out of the economy!
This is true and more people need to talk about it. The states nullified the Real ID act which shows that it works if the people are politically active enough in their states.
One of the best ways to beat the federal government is to ignore it.
Check the progress of current nullification efforts here:
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/the-10th-amendment-movement/
I LOVE playing online. You have to realise that the "asshole" factor is just part of gaming culture and if you can't deal with that then you have a pretty thin skin: "Mum, the internet was mean to me. I don't want to play with the internet any more :("
That being said, there's nothing like neural network vs neural network gaming for thrills and and entertainment. Find a winning strategy, someone will figure out how to counter it. Think you've mastered the game, someone will pwn you. You must constantly evolve and learn new techniques/strategies. You can't be consistent or your dead. Of course, it has to be a well developed game first.
Until they make artificial neural networks to rival a human brain, online gaming will be the way for those looking to exercise the synapses.
How about: no one will buy your product because there is no copyright and they can therefore legally copy it.
To repeat about the GPL, which you like to twist to suit your agenda, you can't steal it while I have my copy. And anything you make from it is ours for the taking in the same fashion.
Exactly: sure a corporation can "steal" GPL code and use it in their product without releasing the source, but i say "good luck to them" in trying to sell it for more than $0 when there is no copyright. I think that the concept of a no copyright society hasn't been properly considered by many people.
Without copyright, you can't make money by selling a software product. join the dots.
And what will you do when the federal government starts bringing back policies abhorrent to the nation as a whole? The citizens need to be able to protect the their rights across the country.
fixed that for ya.
Expecting people to uproot their lives and move to a different locality that respects them isn't a reasonable fix.
The locality in question is still a democratic institution and they can govern themselves as the see fit. I think the idea of local people deciding local policies is a very sane paradigm. As oppose to the one size fits all policies of the feds.
Aren't you forgetting caturday?
Yep, Facebook too.
We have nations that basically have no need of the ocean telling nations that survive because of the ocean what to do.
*sigh* use some punctuation, please. I had to read that sentence three times before it started to make sense.
go here, select China:
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-CN-monthly-200904-201005-bar
64% of china use ie6. in the USA it's 7%.
So "most used browser in the world" really means: a shit load of Chinese are using it and no one else.
Now do you see why intellectual property is retarded? This is the danger of owning ideas. Now not even Google can't create a free codec without paying tribute to the H.264 overlords.
Large corporation patents everything under the sun = I can't even think without violating some patent.
Treating abstractions the same way as physical property is not good idea. Oh yes.... it promotes innovation and the arts etc. etc. Well, seriously, you can keep your innovation; it's not worth it.
IP = theft: Stolen from me are the the ideas that I might use, on account that someone else thought of them first.
FUCKING RETARDED
I totally agree; get rid of welfare! The government is always using the "reduce cost of welfare" argument as justification for governing how you take care of yourself: tax cigarettes to reduce health costs, etc.
Freedom and responsibility go hand in hand. Give the government responsibility over a facet of society and they get your freedom for free.
Same goes for education and health care. Get the government out of it and let the free market operate; and that doesn't mean crippling it by creating regulations which distort markets and locks out competition to established industries, and then blaming lack of regulation/government control as the problem.
The fact is, that it costs ~$0 to reproduce a song. So it's intrinsic value is roughly ZERO! I work for an hour to earn the cost of a CD, then go to record company and say I want album X. Record company preses a button and ZAP, a fresh copy of album X. That'll be $30, please come again. So what exactly am I paying for? Charging money for abstractions makes no sense, economically. The reason people don't want to pay for copies, and don't feel bad about "stealing" them, is because they're actually not worth anything.
So that 76 byte signature actually has to be computed when the movie is encoded, in order that it can be quickly identified afterwards by looking at the sig? It this right? Can I not just fudge the sig and then upload to youtube? wtf?
The universe is a pattern of vibrations/energy. Physical laws are just representations or patterns we observe that behave in a consistent way, which we have codified in some sort of language (usually maths). There are no "real" laws of physics, just abstract representations of observable phenomena. Some do a better job of representation than others.
Nature doesn't "use" pi or e to do calculations. These symbols are just part of our codification of consistent patterns which we have abstracted and aren't real outside our heads. Nothing "calculates" the physical world, rather, we calculate how parts of it will behave. In other words physics and maths MIMIC the universe; the universe is certainly NOT based on maths or physics. What will calculate the calculator. Don't confuse abstractions with reality.
No, he means TV is ACTUALLY dead. In 10 years time the internet will have killed it. How can this old broadcast medium compete with the vast, on demand and free (beer and freedom) network that is the internet. Lots of people are just hooking up large LCD screens to their home server full of torrented media. This is just the beginning. Studies have shown (citation needed) that young people are already watching less television than previous generations, reversing a long established trend to the contrary. Internet killed the Television star.
True, there won't be any tv shows to pirate. With no financial incentive to produce copyright works they will cease to be. No copyright = no piracy. Furthermore, there won't be a TV to show them on. There will be, however, a rich internet culture of alternative media to replace the profit-inspired corporate crap we have now.
reverse troll
I don't think the OP even believes that.
The thing is, the GPL relies on copyright to exist
Actually, GPL exists only as a counter to copyright. If there was no copyright, then GPL would not be necessary. This is circular reasoning.
Furthermore, copyright infringement is only "theft" if you believe in ownership/monopoly of ideas. So what we have here is really an ideological debate. It seems you have the establishments dick in you're mouth or you're just on a moral high horse because you pay for music like a good corporate slave or perhaps you're a poor struggling artist who just can't make a break peddling his imaginary wares. So perhaps slashdot is not the place for you.
"Binary" news feed? you can get binary over the internet now?
data cannot be owned and the legal game of twister that's happened in order to try and allow it is sickening. it needs to go away.
I agree. This vague and abstract mess that is copyright, is all born out of the misguided concept that you can own ideas. Corporations want us to think they can, people know in their hearts that they can't. ... and here we are.