It doesn't matter whether or not you own the CD. Look at the myMP3.com lawsuit, they were sued succesfully for providing MP3's to people that owned the CD. So, I don't see how this is any different.
1) This has got nothing to do with security. It simply states that the ISP is not responsible for the content of email. This is not related to security. While they are not responsible for the content of the email sent from a comprimised account, I would assume that they are still responsible for the hole that allowed the account to be comprimised. If not, well, maybe someone needs to bring a lawsuit up, but that's a whole other issue.
2) SPAM, well, SPAM is SPAM I guess, but I find that by protecting your email address, you don't get a lot. I have been surfing for 6'ish years, total of maybe 5 SPAM messages (not including stupid friends that forward chain-letters).
It is a good thing that they are not responsible for email content, look at demon in the UK, that whole libel thing. I believe that an ISP IS a common carrier and they should be treated as such.
OK.. Except 2600 is a magazine, meaning they should have Freedom of the Press laws right? They are not providing a direct copy of the DecSS code, they are simply providing a link for information purposes to the actual code. So, aren't they in the exact same position that the NY Times is in? I can't see how the MPAA can sue 2600 for providing the link, but not the NY Times.
OK, but, my grandma don't care whether or not she can automate her word processing, she just needs to find a start button.
Don't get me wrong, scripts can automate a lot of things, and I like them, but do they necessarily come into the "User interface" part?
What I feel is necessary for most people is simplicity, and secondarily, speed.. My dad was happy enough double clicking the "Outlook express" icon, that would dial his net connection , check his email, and disconnect after 5 minutes of inactivity.. he did this on a 486 with 12 meg of RAM.. speed comes secondary to simplicity. And he hardly needed me to help him get this working..
I guess the drivers are still beta.. but I wonder how well they will actually work. My G400Max (on an Athlon 700) is flaky to say the least with DRI. Most people would still be better off to stick with whatever is working for XF86 3.x.
My own experience:
AMD 751 Irongate - the chipset sucks, not supported with current AGP code in the kernel (yah it's there but doesn't work), can get it working on X 3.3.x with utah-glx and a m em hack, but forget X 4.0 (at least till the agp code is working).
My recommendation would be to install X 4.0 into some other directory - ie not/usr/X11R6, and make sure that direct rendering is going to work first.
I cannot tell you how many messages I delete from "jim@yahoo.com" or "bob@hotmail.com" simply because I know all my friends named Jim and Bob and they don't use those services
What I would like to see is an app that deletes all mail except mail from(names from a list I created)..
I don't answer the phone if I don't know or suspect who is calling, I don't want to see email unless I know who it is from.. Yah, ok, I can hit delete, but I'm real lazy..
I believe that somewhere in this company is a place that sells databases to direct marketing people though.. but only with info available in the phone book..
On a side note: How many people have gotten spam that says: If you do not want to receive any further e-mail like this, send mail to...? How many people actually do it? I don't do it because I think that it would just validate my address to them, that there's actually a person who checks his e-mail at this address. What do you think?
I agree, my wife setup a fake (linuxstart) account just to test this. Registered it on ONE page (that still denies they did not break their privacy agreement). About 3 days later, her first SPAM comes in.. it has the "reply to this to be removed from the list", so, she replies, and continues to reply to all the mail she gets with the above line. It's incredible how much SPAM she gets. Note, I have a linuxstart account, I have not received a piece of SPAM there yet.. so it's not the provider. I think that replying to a SPAM mail is the worst thing you can do.
Well, I don't have anonymous call blocking, one of the phones that I has rings differently when the calling number is blocked. I think it's a Vista 350 made by Nortel? Also I have heard rumblings that there will be an option to block anon calls, or at least send them to a message that I've chosen. Mind you, none of that helps much, the telemarketers that call me always show the name/number they are calling from (it's amazing how many of these people work from home!). Maybe that is a law in Canada? I would like to selectively block this or that number from calling, but this is kind of like a killfile, pretty easy to get around. For the anon callers though, well, my parents are anon, so I still have to answer the phone;-)
DRI now has support (in the main trunc, not branch) for the Matrox cards - G400 etc.. I couldn't get mine working (read: stupid irongate chipset) but I've heard of good success from others. Check the sourceforge project for more info. As a side note.. using a mem hack in utah-glx I got my g400 to work with 3.3.5 - q3 640x480 with all settings cranked - 48.x fps. However, jumping up to 800x600 really slowed it down - something like 18 fps slower..
I have to say.. My favorite from BBS days has to have been L.O.R.D. (Legend of the Red Dragon).. That was a blast..
Speaking of the "good old days".. anyone remember RoboBBS? That was a neat package, first gui I was introduced to.. I wasn't even running windows at the time..:-)
What, I don't get the problem here.. This is perfectly legible to me. And to the person that mentioned that Hemos messed around with it - I got the exact same version in my email today, (from non/.'rs - yes there are some)
Unless of course this has been updated.. it was funny back when I first saw it, and still get a chuckle from this year after year...
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In the end, this is about much more than illicit copying. It is about who controls the experience. Imagine a video system designed to disable the "fast forward" button during the initial previews..
All the DVD's that I own will not let you fast forward past the copyright notice (FBI Warning) etc.. so obviously this functionality is already there..
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Apparently Micro$oft has them..
Try a search for "dvd player for linux" on google.. kind of a strange result....
Uhh, the whole idea of it is that it uses the wig effect right? So, your post kinda insinuated that it would be flying over cars?
I could just see that, train over a road at rush hour, flying along just fine over the normal cars, somehow adjusting for the natural bumps and curves in them, then WHAM an SUV is in the way.... or a semi or etc..
I don't think using this technology is going to provide a way for freeform flying trains.. it needs to be close to a surface for the WIG effect to happen, and needs to have walls on either side so that it can steer. (be steered?)
You want it higher than cars? Just have to build the track higher..
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It doesn't matter whether or not you own the CD.
Look at the myMP3.com lawsuit, they were sued succesfully for providing MP3's to people that owned the CD. So, I don't see how this is any different.
1) This has got nothing to do with security. It simply states that the ISP is not responsible for the content of email. This is not related to security. While they are not responsible for the content of the email sent from a comprimised account, I would assume that they are still responsible for the hole that allowed the account to be comprimised. If not, well, maybe someone needs to bring a lawsuit up, but that's a whole other issue.
2) SPAM, well, SPAM is SPAM I guess, but I find that by protecting your email address, you don't get a lot. I have been surfing for 6'ish years, total of maybe 5 SPAM messages (not including stupid friends that forward chain-letters).
It is a good thing that they are not responsible for email content, look at demon in the UK, that whole libel thing. I believe that an ISP IS a common carrier and they should be treated as such.
And move the servers to North Korea as well
Or maybe Italy instead.
OK..
Except 2600 is a magazine, meaning they should have Freedom of the Press laws right? They are not providing a direct copy of the DecSS code, they are simply providing a link for information purposes to the actual code. So, aren't they in the exact same position that the NY Times is in? I can't see how the MPAA can sue 2600 for providing the link, but not the NY Times.
OK, but, my grandma don't care whether or not she can automate her word processing, she just needs to find a start button.
Don't get me wrong, scripts can automate a lot of things, and I like them, but do they necessarily come into the "User interface" part?
What I feel is necessary for most people is simplicity, and secondarily, speed.. My dad was happy enough double clicking the "Outlook express" icon, that would dial his net connection , check his email, and disconnect after 5 minutes of inactivity.. he did this on a 486 with 12 meg of RAM.. speed comes secondary to simplicity. And he hardly needed me to help him get this working..
I guess the drivers are still beta.. but I wonder how well they will actually work. My G400Max (on an Athlon 700) is flaky to say the least with DRI. Most people would still be better off to stick with whatever is working for XF86 3.x. /usr/X11R6, and make sure that direct rendering is going to work first.
My own experience:
AMD 751 Irongate - the chipset sucks, not supported with current AGP code in the kernel (yah it's there but doesn't work), can get it working on X 3.3.x with utah-glx and a m em hack, but forget X 4.0 (at least till the agp code is working).
My recommendation would be to install X 4.0 into some other directory - ie not
I cannot tell you how many messages I delete from "jim@yahoo.com" or "bob@hotmail.com" simply because I know all my friends named Jim and Bob and they don't use those services
What I would like to see is an app that deletes all mail except mail from(names from a list I created)..
I don't answer the phone if I don't know or suspect who is calling, I don't want to see email unless I know who it is from.. Yah, ok, I can hit delete, but I'm real lazy..
Not the one I work for.. :-)
I believe that somewhere in this company is a place that sells databases to direct marketing people though.. but only with info available in the phone book..
On a side note: How many people have gotten spam that says: If you do not want to receive any further e-mail like this, send mail to...? How many people actually do it? I don't do it because I think that it would just validate my address to them, that there's actually a person who checks his e-mail at this address. What do you think?
I agree, my wife setup a fake (linuxstart) account just to test this. Registered it on ONE page (that still denies they did not break their privacy agreement). About 3 days later, her first SPAM comes in.. it has the "reply to this to be removed from the list", so, she replies, and continues to reply to all the mail she gets with the above line. It's incredible how much SPAM she gets.
Note, I have a linuxstart account, I have not received a piece of SPAM there yet.. so it's not the provider. I think that replying to a SPAM mail is the worst thing you can do.
Well, I don't have anonymous call blocking, one of the phones that I has rings differently when the calling number is blocked. I think it's a Vista 350 made by Nortel? Also I have heard rumblings that there will be an option to block anon calls, or at least send them to a message that I've chosen. ;-)
Mind you, none of that helps much, the telemarketers that call me always show the name/number they are calling from (it's amazing how many of these people work from home!). Maybe that is a law in Canada? I would like to selectively block this or that number from calling, but this is kind of like a killfile, pretty easy to get around.
For the anon callers though, well, my parents are anon, so I still have to answer the phone
I tried it, secure internal server, didn't work.
According to ntbugtraq, a lot of sites that are misconfigured might work..
DRI now has support (in the main trunc, not branch) for the Matrox cards - G400 etc.. I couldn't get mine working (read: stupid irongate chipset) but I've heard of good success from others. Check the sourceforge project for more info.
As a side note.. using a mem hack in utah-glx I got my g400 to work with 3.3.5 - q3 640x480 with all settings cranked - 48.x fps. However, jumping up to 800x600 really slowed it down - something like 18 fps slower..
"I love it to death. 768K for $70.00/mo. (384K for $50) -- my friends in Northern Virginia hate me"
:-) :-)
Ouch.. Calgary, AB, Canada..
2.5mbps for $40(CDN)/mth.. that's like what $28ish(US)/mth, even a static IP
I have to say..
:-)
My favorite from BBS days has to have been L.O.R.D. (Legend of the Red Dragon)..
That was a blast..
Speaking of the "good old days".. anyone remember RoboBBS? That was a neat package, first gui I was introduced to.. I wasn't even running windows at the time..
What, I don't get the problem here.. /.'rs - yes there are some)
This is perfectly legible to me. And to the person that mentioned that Hemos messed around with it - I got the exact same version in my email today, (from non
Unless of course this has been updated.. it was funny back when I first saw it, and still get a chuckle from this year after year...
In the end, this is about much more than illicit copying. It is about who controls the experience. Imagine a video system designed to disable the "fast forward" button during the initial previews..
All the DVD's that I own will not let you fast forward past the copyright notice (FBI Warning) etc.. so obviously this functionality is already there..
Apparently Micro$oft has them..
Try a search for "dvd player for linux" on google.. kind of a strange result....
I could just see that, train over a road at rush hour, flying along just fine over the normal cars, somehow adjusting for the natural bumps and curves in them, then WHAM an SUV is in the way.... or a semi or etc..
I don't think using this technology is going to provide a way for freeform flying trains.. it needs to be close to a surface for the WIG effect to happen, and needs to have walls on either side so that it can steer. (be steered?)
You want it higher than cars? Just have to build the track higher..