And are you saying that you'd resent getting caught breaking two laws by a machine as opposed to a person?
Yes. Requiring a human to enforce the laws is an effective reality check against stupid ones. There are only so many humans to go around, so you'd better spend them on the things that matter than stupid shit like doing 5 over the speed limit on an empty 6 lane road at 2am.
They probably tape it to their monitors because some anal retentive security expert insists they change their passwords monthly. Wrong type of security mechanism for the wrong type of (l)user.
Both devices can be forced by law to not capture/scan anything with a watermark (or whatever). A film camera can take the picture, but you won't be able to scan it. A digital camera doesn't need pictures scanned in, but it just won't take the picture to start with.
Worse, when you plug the thing in to renew your license (since the software on these devices is licensed), it'll tell the Overlords just how much copyrighted stuff you've been trying to copy.
Any particular reason for a mountain bike? Get a racer, unless you're going offroad - they're a lot easier to push (and faster). Maybe ask a bicycle courier for tips.. ?
You should also learn how to fix a flat.. there a few kinds of kits around, so pick the one that suits your level of skill/patience/care-factor. You can buy emergency air pumps that are about as long as your hand and clip to the frame, so that's no issue.
and eventually you have an entire storage unit rented to hold your empty jewel cases (the discs are in 250-disc flip packs in the closet, in case I need to get at them).
You should keep them offsite (with your backups), unless you really do need regular access to them. If you have a fire, etc, you've lost everything.
I say any artificial content controls shall a) not be illegal, b) not be illegal to circumvent, and c) void copyright. All material must be allowed to enter the public domain, it cannot do that with content control, or content control that cannot be broken.
According to Dansdata, we're using AC-3 audio instead of MPEG 5.1 audio; reason being most stereo gear already understands AC-3 streams but not MPEG, so you can pipe your digital audio directly into your existing Uber 1337 audiophile system with no trans-coding quality loss/latency.
Besides, how is digital TV any different from say an AVI? If I don't have a certain codec installed (eg, the AVI contains Ogg audio) all I do is install it, and presto. Upgrading a TV with a new video/audio/captioning codec could be as simple as a compact flash slot, or at worst swapping a generic industry standard ROM inside.
How hard would it be to just send this info out on a readonly mailing list? There's plenty of mailing list servers around if you don't want to run your own email server. If all else fails, spammers seem to be able to send millions of huge ads for a couple of bucks, I don't think a weekly ASCII newsletter to willing subscribers is going to hurt anyone.
Or are you just un-1337 if you don't have a website?
I'm told that because plane was making a low pass, the computer thought it was coming in for a landing, so it put the gear down and prevented the pilot from gaining altitude.
If it gets much cheaper than it is already to register domains, people will just go around buying thousands of domains rather than dozens or hundreds they currently are that they have no intention of using, just to a) piss people off b) squat c) coz they can.
The domain measure, approved on a 406-2 vote, would have the federal government oversee a ".kids.us" domain on the Internet that would have
only material appropriate for children under 13. Web site operators' participation would be voluntary. Parents could set computer software to limit a child's access to only addresses ending in.kids.us.
So, it's like a whitelist in DNS. If your site is approved for under 13's, you get to keep your domain.
and it would not provide any access to interactive features, such as chat rooms.
Everything that goes onto a.kids.us domain must be approved by the site operators.
This is GOOD law! It provides protection for the kiddies (GOD DAMNIT THINK OF THE CHILDREN!), it doesn't give the Govt any more censorship powers, and it doesn't put a burden on ISPs, adults or the rest of the Internet/world.
A car mfr can only void the warranty if whatever damage you claim is directly caused by the dodgy device you installed. If the engine blows, they have to fix it. If the electrical system is fried, they have to show that the stereo was the cause.
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Yes. Requiring a human to enforce the laws is an effective reality check against stupid ones. There are only so many humans to go around, so you'd better spend them on the things that matter than stupid shit like doing 5 over the speed limit on an empty 6 lane road at 2am.
AGP is a port not a bus.. if you want another AGP card you need another AGP controller, and another set of AGP tracks on the mobo.
eh, you mean frozen oxygen?
They probably tape it to their monitors because some anal retentive security expert insists they change their passwords monthly. Wrong type of security mechanism for the wrong type of (l)user.
A picture with... what? OCR it with... what?
Both devices can be forced by law to not capture/scan anything with a watermark (or whatever). A film camera can take the picture, but you won't be able to scan it. A digital camera doesn't need pictures scanned in, but it just won't take the picture to start with.
Worse, when you plug the thing in to renew your license (since the software on these devices is licensed), it'll tell the Overlords just how much copyrighted stuff you've been trying to copy.
Oh, wait.. never mind.
Any particular reason for a mountain bike? Get a racer, unless you're going offroad - they're a lot easier to push (and faster). Maybe ask a bicycle courier for tips.. ?
You should also learn how to fix a flat.. there a few kinds of kits around, so pick the one that suits your level of skill/patience/care-factor. You can buy emergency air pumps that are about as long as your hand and clip to the frame, so that's no issue.
Ouch. What kind of performance hit would that cause? (no I didn't read the link :)
you can get on rope for this exact reason. hang them off... something convenient.
No, you said "OpenGL is at least as powerful as DirectX" which is apples and oranges. It's also false since DirectX is the more featureful one.
Or will they make a living by, you know, working for it? ie. concerts, memorabilia/merchandise.
Freed slaves might think otherwise, for example.
km^2 = kilometers squared
sq/km = square kilometers
2 km^2 = 4 square kilometers.
and Amiga users are too busy sulking in their cubby house (for over a decade) to add their 2 cents...
I say any artificial content controls shall a) not be illegal, b) not be illegal to circumvent, and c) void copyright. All material must be allowed to enter the public domain, it cannot do that with content control, or content control that cannot be broken.
According to Dansdata, we're using AC-3 audio instead of MPEG 5.1 audio; reason being most stereo gear already understands AC-3 streams but not MPEG, so you can pipe your digital audio directly into your existing Uber 1337 audiophile system with no trans-coding quality loss/latency.
Besides, how is digital TV any different from say an AVI? If I don't have a certain codec installed (eg, the AVI contains Ogg audio) all I do is install it, and presto. Upgrading a TV with a new video/audio/captioning codec could be as simple as a compact flash slot, or at worst swapping a generic industry standard ROM inside.
refuse to recognise the authority of a corrupt government!
How hard would it be to just send this info out on a readonly mailing list? There's plenty of mailing list servers around if you don't want to run your own email server. If all else fails, spammers seem to be able to send millions of huge ads for a couple of bucks, I don't think a weekly ASCII newsletter to willing subscribers is going to hurt anyone.
Or are you just un-1337 if you don't have a website?
I'm told that because plane was making a low pass, the computer thought it was coming in for a landing, so it put the gear down and prevented the pilot from gaining altitude.
If it gets much cheaper than it is already to register domains, people will just go around buying thousands of domains rather than dozens or hundreds they currently are that they have no intention of using, just to a) piss people off b) squat c) coz they can.
So, it's like a whitelist in DNS. If your site is approved for under 13's, you get to keep your domain.
Everything that goes onto a
This is GOOD law! It provides protection for the kiddies (GOD DAMNIT THINK OF THE CHILDREN!), it doesn't give the Govt any more censorship powers, and it doesn't put a burden on ISPs, adults or the rest of the Internet/world.
A car mfr can only void the warranty if whatever damage you claim is directly caused by the dodgy device you installed. If the engine blows, they have to fix it. If the electrical system is fried, they have to show that the stereo was the cause.