So why is it shenaningans when the copyright holder wants to protect their information but legitimate when a file sharer wants to protect his or her information?
Because information used to project authority must always be closely scrutinized, in broad daylight. The file sharers' info is a personal matter.
Oh really? I guess since Pandora came out stinking like a rose, it must be true. I mean, it's not like anybody else matters or anything...I wonder where Clear Channel is..."Consortium"? Somebody misspelled cartel... fuckers... Long live "pirate" radio...
Those, and other tedious work can be fully automated, or at the very least break it up into much shorter shifts. so the creative work would be designing the machines to do it. Believe it or not, it takes a lot of effort to make a job as miserable as possible, and the reasons for it are very easy to see. It serves to distract people's attention away from from those who actually make the work so odious. And another thing, am I being told that because utopia is "impossible" to achieve, I should just shut up and do what I am told? My response is NSFW.
As pointed out elsewhere, humanity isn't important. The genes themselves are. "Devolution" may be a bad term. The genetic changes have a much stronger societal element now. Since I'm here, I may as well point out that instead of sending humans out to colonize space, which really totally impractical, we should just send out rockets filled with DNA. It doesn't even have to be human. Any DNA will do. It would be like those plants that shoot their seeds out some distance. And would have a much better chance of success of escaping the planet before its and our destruction, which could happen at any second. Pleasant thought, eh?
Oh yeah! That'll work. And just how many accounts you think the guy has that's doing the very same thing right now? His new name? Likdik... Life - Art... which is more real?
It could be argued that we are devolving, since we now try to keep everybody live with modern medicine, and the "less genetically robust" are able to reproduce. Here's part of a not entirely unrelated discussion.
For example, do I want people making derivative works of my copyrights (my novels)? No. That's my CHOICE.
No, it's a government granted PRIVILEGE. Hopefully, it will be revoked some day. Even your copyrights are derivative works with little more than personal anecdotes.
I know they would not want to see their works getting lost in a pool of comic strips with Calvin peeing on stuff or Billy from Family Circus telling his mom to do obscene things with that carrot on the table.
Too bad. You can't put the light back into the lamp. That would be like an architect telling me I can't put addition onto my house, or paint it a different color, or prohibiting me from opening a bordello.
Not possible. The GPL opens up the "closed" program by default. In other words If I see GPL in your code, your program is GPL'd whether you like it or not. And I am allowed to copy, modify, and distribute it under GPL rules.
For some people it isn't punishment. I suppose if he wasn't put into prison, he would need, and probably get secret service protection. And another thing is that he's being thrown under the bus to placate the masses into thinking everything is okay now, while the corrupt system remains intact. He didn't do this alone by any means. "It takes a village"...What we need to do is to burn that village to the ground. But that just ain't gonna happen. 150 years BAH! Is that supposed to make me think that we have justice now? This is a diversion, a side show, a carny's sales pitch. And it appears to have worked. And the next election will keep 95% of these crooks in office. How many more Teapot Domes, Watergates, Savings and Loans debacles, phony shortages, etc. do we need? Lots, I suspect.
He gets room and board on our dime. They should put a zapper-collar on him and cut him loose. Then garnish every dollar he makes. Let him stay at the Y and work for Mickey Ds. Then again we deserve this for not watching over and voting out the corrupt politicos. It's the voters' fault as much as anybody's. I don't care why he did it. We all know why. A lot of people are tempted to do the same thing if they think they won't get caught. And it's we who let them get away with an awful lot every election cycle. Maybe because many of us would like to get away with this ourselves if we thought we had a chance. He represents a pretty broad spectrum. So fuck him, and fuck all those who reelect the crooks who make all this possible.
Trackpoint or trackpad, turn off tapping. That has to be the single most dangerous function I have ever seen. I feel the same way about trackpads as you do about trackpoints. It's like constantly scratching an itch without the satisfaction. Mouse jumping everywhere any time I accidentally rest my thumb on it, which seems almost impossible to avoid. And then sometimes it doesn't move at all depending how sweaty your hands are. I stopped recommending Toshiba when they quit using them. And cursed be Lenovo if they ever do the same.
...don't buy one if you're not planning on buying a new one in 2 years anyway...
I'm not really planning on it as long as my 11 year old Toshiba(445CDT) holds out. The only glitch so far is that the cd-rom slowly went "blind" and can't read anymore.
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...copyright is vastly more valuable than human health and life.
Well....Yeah! So is office equipment.
So why is it shenaningans when the copyright holder wants to protect their information but legitimate when a file sharer wants to protect his or her information?
Because information used to project authority must always be closely scrutinized, in broad daylight. The file sharers' info is a personal matter.
...people don't want to have to look for that 1%.
Don't have to. I just run it through the "good music" filter in iTunes. That's what computers are for.
Oh really? I guess since Pandora came out stinking like a rose, it must be true. I mean, it's not like anybody else matters or anything...I wonder where Clear Channel is..."Consortium"? Somebody misspelled cartel... fuckers... Long live "pirate" radio...
Gotta take the bad with the good. As Mr. Goldwater said, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice..."
Well, they did steal almost five months of his life. That can have a chilling effect.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Those, and other tedious work can be fully automated, or at the very least break it up into much shorter shifts. so the creative work would be designing the machines to do it. Believe it or not, it takes a lot of effort to make a job as miserable as possible, and the reasons for it are very easy to see. It serves to distract people's attention away from from those who actually make the work so odious. And another thing, am I being told that because utopia is "impossible" to achieve, I should just shut up and do what I am told? My response is NSFW.
The real problem is that we live in a society that makes "work" so miserable. It should be something we want to do.
As pointed out elsewhere, humanity isn't important. The genes themselves are. "Devolution" may be a bad term. The genetic changes have a much stronger societal element now. Since I'm here, I may as well point out that instead of sending humans out to colonize space, which really totally impractical, we should just send out rockets filled with DNA. It doesn't even have to be human. Any DNA will do. It would be like those plants that shoot their seeds out some distance. And would have a much better chance of success of escaping the planet before its and our destruction, which could happen at any second. Pleasant thought, eh?
Oh yeah! That'll work. And just how many accounts you think the guy has that's doing the very same thing right now? His new name? Likdik... Life - Art... which is more real?
It could be argued that we are devolving, since we now try to keep everybody live with modern medicine, and the "less genetically robust" are able to reproduce. Here's part of a not entirely unrelated discussion.
...breathing oxygen has been patented...
Monsanto "pollution free" Oxy-Gen just might be. Their corn is.
For example, do I want people making derivative works of my copyrights (my novels)? No. That's my CHOICE.
No, it's a government granted PRIVILEGE. Hopefully, it will be revoked some day. Even your copyrights are derivative works with little more than personal anecdotes.
I know they would not want to see their works getting lost in a pool of comic strips with Calvin peeing on stuff or Billy from Family Circus telling his mom to do obscene things with that carrot on the table.
Too bad. You can't put the light back into the lamp. That would be like an architect telling me I can't put addition onto my house, or paint it a different color, or prohibiting me from opening a bordello.
Not possible. The GPL opens up the "closed" program by default. In other words If I see GPL in your code, your program is GPL'd whether you like it or not. And I am allowed to copy, modify, and distribute it under GPL rules.
I suppose I should add that, with DRM, it's not worth a dime. Don't buy restricted hardware.
Sure! that's worth it... If you got five thousand you can throw away. For some, it's not worth fifty bucks..
I third it. I never browse at work.
For some people it isn't punishment. I suppose if he wasn't put into prison, he would need, and probably get secret service protection. And another thing is that he's being thrown under the bus to placate the masses into thinking everything is okay now, while the corrupt system remains intact. He didn't do this alone by any means. "It takes a village"...What we need to do is to burn that village to the ground. But that just ain't gonna happen. 150 years BAH! Is that supposed to make me think that we have justice now? This is a diversion, a side show, a carny's sales pitch. And it appears to have worked. And the next election will keep 95% of these crooks in office. How many more Teapot Domes, Watergates, Savings and Loans debacles, phony shortages, etc. do we need? Lots, I suspect.
He gets room and board on our dime. They should put a zapper-collar on him and cut him loose. Then garnish every dollar he makes. Let him stay at the Y and work for Mickey Ds. Then again we deserve this for not watching over and voting out the corrupt politicos. It's the voters' fault as much as anybody's. I don't care why he did it. We all know why. A lot of people are tempted to do the same thing if they think they won't get caught. And it's we who let them get away with an awful lot every election cycle. Maybe because many of us would like to get away with this ourselves if we thought we had a chance. He represents a pretty broad spectrum. So fuck him, and fuck all those who reelect the crooks who make all this possible.
Trackpoint or trackpad, turn off tapping. That has to be the single most dangerous function I have ever seen. I feel the same way about trackpads as you do about trackpoints. It's like constantly scratching an itch without the satisfaction. Mouse jumping everywhere any time I accidentally rest my thumb on it, which seems almost impossible to avoid. And then sometimes it doesn't move at all depending how sweaty your hands are. I stopped recommending Toshiba when they quit using them. And cursed be Lenovo if they ever do the same.
That'll be 699 Euros, or $985.59... Cough it up, you deadbeats! We're not dead yet.
...don't buy one if you're not planning on buying a new one in 2 years anyway...
I'm not really planning on it as long as my 11 year old Toshiba(445CDT) holds out. The only glitch so far is that the cd-rom slowly went "blind" and can't read anymore.