Take your smartphone, tablet, kindle, whatever... that device you don't consider to a be a "PC". Now stick it in a Time Machine and send it back to 1985. Show it to the editors of BYTE Magazine and ask them if it's a personal computer or not. They will tell you that it is.
The editors of BYTE would notice that your smartphone/tablet/kindle/whatever is not IBM compatible and is therefore not a PC.
It has a hard drive, a CPU, a BSD based OS, a screen, an input device and built in nifty keyboard, internet connectivity. It runs applications, can use the internet. shares a code base with OSX. It is a PC, and should be afforded the same rights as a PC.
It *could* be a PC, *if* it were afforded the same rights as a PC.
A personal computer (PC) is any general-purpose computer
And that's the difference. The iPad isn't a general purpose computer. It runs what Apple wants it to.
No we didn't. Vintage 8-bit computers were generally referred to as "home computers". PC didn't come about until the IBM PC, and in the 80s it exclusively ment IBM PCs or compatibles. It's only in the past 5-10 years that the term acquired any degree of ambiguity.
Irrelevant. As long as I can get the data for free, and do my own analysis on that data, and publish my analysis of the data, it's free enough for research. This is how it works with closed access journals already, my institution just has to pay. Even though the journal articles are copyrighted, I can still take their data and analyze it and publish that analysis.
All my favorite games developers did cease to exist. They've all been shut down or bought up. Sierra, Interplay, Origin, Westwood, Psygnosis, Infocom, SSI, Bullfrog, Shiny all gone. So I don't think I'm missing much.
There's also the fact that data isn't copyrightable. It's just facts. The important issue with open access research is that the data is available for others to analyze. A CC-ND license does not prevent that.
In other words, it's because he's mediocre that he's getting so much work. Mediocre sells. Brilliant work is practically doomed to be appreciated by a cult following and no one else.
Fringe is the dumbest show I've ever watched. Not to say there aren't dumber shows, I just haven't watched them. Fringe makes the last season of the X-Files look coherent.
The best is an actual machine running DOS. A PIII/440BX system is easy to pick up, and great for DOS games. It's fast enough to run anything, and still has ISA slots for a sound blaster. BIOS options to disable L1/L2 cache will slow it to about the speed of a 386, perfect for Wing Commander. With one of these systems you can play just about any DOS game except the really early 8088 games that require a 4.77mhz processor for timing.
That's what RICO is for. It doesn't matter if you knew about the specific acts. If you control a firm that engages in a pattern of racketeering activity, you are guilty under RICO. Mobsters play the same kinds of games that executives do, and we have tools to deal with them.
We already have the legal tools we need to put all of these people in jail. The one thing we don't have is an executive that believes in the rule of law.
What you've done is create a new type of criminal. One who's educated, who's proven to have few moral concerns, and now has nothing to lose.
We already have that kind of criminal, they're called bankers, and they control our economy. They will do less damage in jail than they will wielding hundreds of billions of dollars.
If you want to recommend excessive and inhumane punishments for what basically amounts to negligence and fraud
Bullshit. The 2008 financial crisis destroyed 100X more wealth than was stolen in all the property crime that year. Let me say that again. The total sum of all property crime in 2008 was less than 1% of the losses in the financial crisis. And these financial losses have real human costs as well. When you destroy a mans livelihood you are responsible for the pain that causes. When your negligance and fraud are excessive and inhumane, you should expect excessive and inhumane punishments. Execution would be just fine by me.
Why should any company have to warranty their products for merchantability? Why should any company have to respect that warranty when third party parts are used? Why? Because we decided that it would be in the best interests of society if we forced merchants to stand behind their products. We don't have to live in a disposable culture, and we can use the force of law to prevent it.
The bouncer searches you and only finds a minidisc player and lets you in. You then record the concert better than the guy at the mixing board.
I've heard a lot of concert recordings, and I've never heard one that sounds better than a soundboard. That includes Grateful Dead shows recorded on professional mics on a 15' stand going straight to DAT.
That's great, as long as you don't begrudge others who do enjoy them. Imprisoning people who have fun in a way you disapprove of is no way to run a supposedly free country.
The fact that the majority favors an unjust law doesn't make it any more just. Slavery was favored by the majority of Americans for our first 100 years. Those who broke the law were heroes.
If you get caught selling drugs on Silk Road it's entirely your own fault. You can use the site anonymously with Tor. You can receive funds anonymously with Bitcoin. You can send drugs anonymously by dropping it in an unattended mailbox.
Now for the people buying drugs it's a whole different story. You have to show up in person and pick up the drugs. You don't know who you're dealing with, so there could easily be a cop waiting for you when you go to get it.
Because anarchy is about the worst form of government there is.
You can blame the government for not following its own laws for that. If they want me to play by the rules, they need to play by the rules. Anything else and I'm just a sap.
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Buy a computer that has the specs you want. Then wipe the hard drive and install Debian. Return the Windows 8 license for a refund. Problem solved.
Take your smartphone, tablet, kindle, whatever... that device you don't consider to a be a "PC". Now stick it in a Time Machine and send it back to 1985. Show it to the editors of BYTE Magazine and ask them if it's a personal computer or not. They will tell you that it is.
The editors of BYTE would notice that your smartphone/tablet/kindle/whatever is not IBM compatible and is therefore not a PC.
It has a hard drive, a CPU, a BSD based OS, a screen, an input device and built in nifty keyboard, internet connectivity. It runs applications, can use the internet. shares a code base with OSX. It is a PC, and should be afforded the same rights as a PC.
It *could* be a PC, *if* it were afforded the same rights as a PC.
A personal computer (PC) is any general-purpose computer
And that's the difference. The iPad isn't a general purpose computer. It runs what Apple wants it to.
No we didn't. Vintage 8-bit computers were generally referred to as "home computers". PC didn't come about until the IBM PC, and in the 80s it exclusively ment IBM PCs or compatibles. It's only in the past 5-10 years that the term acquired any degree of ambiguity.
Irrelevant. As long as I can get the data for free, and do my own analysis on that data, and publish my analysis of the data, it's free enough for research. This is how it works with closed access journals already, my institution just has to pay. Even though the journal articles are copyrighted, I can still take their data and analyze it and publish that analysis.
That's what SSH tunneling is for. Just connect to Wifi, set up an SSH tunnel, and forward all traffic through it. It's just like browsing at home.
All my favorite games developers did cease to exist. They've all been shut down or bought up. Sierra, Interplay, Origin, Westwood, Psygnosis, Infocom, SSI, Bullfrog, Shiny all gone. So I don't think I'm missing much.
That's what I've been doing, and they still put out shitty products. What solution will actually get better products produced?
There's also the fact that data isn't copyrightable. It's just facts. The important issue with open access research is that the data is available for others to analyze. A CC-ND license does not prevent that.
So you're from the "McDonald's is the best restaurant in the world" camp then?
In other words, it's because he's mediocre that he's getting so much work. Mediocre sells. Brilliant work is practically doomed to be appreciated by a cult following and no one else.
Fringe is the dumbest show I've ever watched. Not to say there aren't dumber shows, I just haven't watched them. Fringe makes the last season of the X-Files look coherent.
Because the guy never struck me as particularly talented
So he's a better than average Hollywood director.
The best is an actual machine running DOS. A PIII/440BX system is easy to pick up, and great for DOS games. It's fast enough to run anything, and still has ISA slots for a sound blaster. BIOS options to disable L1/L2 cache will slow it to about the speed of a 386, perfect for Wing Commander. With one of these systems you can play just about any DOS game except the really early 8088 games that require a 4.77mhz processor for timing.
That's what RICO is for. It doesn't matter if you knew about the specific acts. If you control a firm that engages in a pattern of racketeering activity, you are guilty under RICO. Mobsters play the same kinds of games that executives do, and we have tools to deal with them.
We already have the legal tools we need to put all of these people in jail. The one thing we don't have is an executive that believes in the rule of law.
What you've done is create a new type of criminal. One who's educated, who's proven to have few moral concerns, and now has nothing to lose.
We already have that kind of criminal, they're called bankers, and they control our economy. They will do less damage in jail than they will wielding hundreds of billions of dollars.
If you want to recommend excessive and inhumane punishments for what basically amounts to negligence and fraud
Bullshit. The 2008 financial crisis destroyed 100X more wealth than was stolen in all the property crime that year. Let me say that again. The total sum of all property crime in 2008 was less than 1% of the losses in the financial crisis. And these financial losses have real human costs as well. When you destroy a mans livelihood you are responsible for the pain that causes. When your negligance and fraud are excessive and inhumane, you should expect excessive and inhumane punishments. Execution would be just fine by me.
Bail them out, save the economy, but jail the executives responsible. If your firm destabilizes the economy you go directly to jail.
Why should any company have to warranty their products for merchantability? Why should any company have to respect that warranty when third party parts are used? Why? Because we decided that it would be in the best interests of society if we forced merchants to stand behind their products. We don't have to live in a disposable culture, and we can use the force of law to prevent it.
The bouncer searches you and only finds a minidisc player and lets you in. You then record the concert better than the guy at the mixing board.
I've heard a lot of concert recordings, and I've never heard one that sounds better than a soundboard. That includes Grateful Dead shows recorded on professional mics on a 15' stand going straight to DAT.
That's great, as long as you don't begrudge others who do enjoy them. Imprisoning people who have fun in a way you disapprove of is no way to run a supposedly free country.
The fact that the majority favors an unjust law doesn't make it any more just. Slavery was favored by the majority of Americans for our first 100 years. Those who broke the law were heroes.
We call it 'neutral', but most of it is good.
The only thing required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
Thinking of harming others is just not pleasant for most of us. Thinking of bad things is not pleasant.
Most people handle this by just not thinking about the harm they do, whether intentional or not.
a seller has to get those drugs to that place.
Just put it in a box with sufficient postage and a false return address. Drop it in an unattended mail drop box. Done.
If you get caught selling drugs on Silk Road it's entirely your own fault. You can use the site anonymously with Tor. You can receive funds anonymously with Bitcoin. You can send drugs anonymously by dropping it in an unattended mailbox.
Now for the people buying drugs it's a whole different story. You have to show up in person and pick up the drugs. You don't know who you're dealing with, so there could easily be a cop waiting for you when you go to get it.
Because anarchy is about the worst form of government there is.
You can blame the government for not following its own laws for that. If they want me to play by the rules, they need to play by the rules. Anything else and I'm just a sap.