We do not live life as individual colonies of humanity, sailing through deserts of sterility, instead we walk through a cloud of sloughed off bacteria, viruses, and other debris, and it's O-K.
Ok, thats it, you don't get to write any of the Earth tourism documents we're broadcasting, stuff like that sure won't pull in any alien visitors!
I'm not saying its without merit, I enjoyed watching a couple of the episodes, but calling it Sci-Fi is like calling 'Survivor' 'Reality'. It's straight-up comedy and has nothing to do with sic-fi.
I did get a kick out of watching the dude with the dreads being remote-controlled and trying to kill his shipmates in one episode, him being the host of robot wars and all.
I'll watch a few more episodes, maybe it will grow on me.
I don't want to sound like I'm against Freenet, I run a node myself. I just think that we need to tread carefully until these things are ironed out a bit better.
In the US, not all speech is protected, so setting up a system that protects all information enables illegal speech. Until that changes, running Freenet could be hazardous.
My point is that if Freenet could provide absolute security, such that it was completely impossible for someone to know if my node was hosting the files they were receiving, it would quickly become illegal to run it, because lots of illegal content would move to it.
People will take whatever measures they can justify to stamp out things like child porn. If you remove all but one option (make freenet illegal), then they'll do that.
Whats the deal with Red Dwarf anyway? I keep hearing about it here on/. as some kind of awesome SciFi show. So I went and downloaded a bunch of episodes and discover that its kind of a horribly cheesy scifi spoof comedy. Its got a freakin' laugh track! Its even got that boob from Robot Wars (or whatever the show is called over there).
I don't mind ads in TV shows as long as they are paying for the show. Those stupid animations that some shows put at the bottom of the frame after the commercial break are highly annoying though.
I also wouldn't mind paying a resonable amount to subscribe to my favorite shows so that I could download them uncut and commercial free, perhaps with some occasional special features (some comments from the writers/directors explaining finer plot points or whatever).
I wonder what is the cost of an episode per viewer?
This also sounds like another good reason to switch to an encrypted P2P architecture like Freenet.
I don't know. Is there some legal precedent that allows me to give other people permission to store possibly illegal content on my computer, or to retransmit said content without liability?
It seems to me that even if the public freenet is technologically successful it will not save you when the authorities find that they can pull down copyrighted material or kiddy porn from your computer. At worst they'll just make people liabile for what is stored on or downloaded from their computers.
Private Freenets can still work, since one would have to be trusted before access was allowed.
I can't stand people who listen for five minutes and start to write "use cases" right away
Thats called a CBM, Current Business Model. Its useful for communicating to other people on your development team how the customer does things now, so you can make intelligent decisions about how to move them to a new system.
Freenet is missing a few things that would make a workable system. A number of compromises were made to make it more anonymous. Thats not a bad thing of course, just that anonymity isn't required on the internet at large, and you can get some more intelligent routing and caching if you throw out that requirement.
Freenet is very cool though, I wish there were more participants so the content would be richer and faster.
And where does this 99% number come from? What's that? You pulled it straight out of your ass?
Indeed. It can't be 99%, because a huge chunk of p2p is amature porn that either isn't copyrighted, or the copyright holder would be too embarrased to claim.
Wow, if that is true, call your radio station and thank them. All the stations around here replay the same stuff so much I can only stand to listen to them for a couple hours a month.
I used to have a 45 minute drive to/from work, and I'd frequently here the same songs 2 or 3 times.
When my radio in the car died I just took it out and put in an MP3 player with no radio. Haven't missed it at all.
CPU cooler - hmm can't use the fans from a hair drier, any other ideas?
Big-ass passive heatsink, cardboard ducting, and a small squirrel-cage fan from a photocopier. Run it at low voltage and it will be quiet and still move far more air than those puny CPU fans.
I can't hear anything over my HEPA filter anyway, and I could sleep in a sawmill, so I don't worry much about computer noise.
mix ingredients well (adjust amounts to taste) and form resulting pungent mess into 3 to 4 inch diameter patties about 3/4 to 1 inch thick. cook patties in covered grill over mesquite wood embers, allow to char slightly. Flip once. When cooked, place on plate and apply sliced cheese, cover with foil and allow cheese to melt.
Serve with your choice of condiments, side dishes and beer. Baked beans, potato salad and good stout recommended.
You must make these instructions available to anyone who receives the finished product.
You are purchasing the right to listen to the guys play music live.
Do I have the right to remember the performance? How about the right to relate the experience to friends? What if I have a really, really good memory, and happen to have technologicly enhanced audio reproduction capabilities?
My point is that making laws based on the current limits of human abilities, particularly concerning sensory and information reproduction, is probably not a good idea. It feels to me like its missing the fundamental issues in question.
I'm not arguing with the way it is, I just think it ought to be different than the way it is, because we are just going to have to change it again later. We should be attempting to identify the underlying principles and writing laws that cover them, then the specific cases will be covered. Instead we have hacked-up mess of laws that normal people haven't a hope of understanding, and that must constantly be reviewed, revised, and fought over.
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now I'm supposed to suddenly be afraid of doing something I've been doing my life without any ill effects so far
Yeah, you just keep doin' it buddy, in 60, maybe 70 years, it'll kill ya, just you wait and see.
what is the best way to disinfect a body wash puff
Um.. With body wash soap?
We do not live life as individual colonies of humanity, sailing through deserts of sterility, instead we walk through a cloud of sloughed off bacteria, viruses, and other debris, and it's O-K.
Ok, thats it, you don't get to write any of the Earth tourism documents we're broadcasting, stuff like that sure won't pull in any alien visitors!
How many generations does it take before the survivors are immune to vinegar?
I'm not saying its without merit, I enjoyed watching a couple of the episodes, but calling it Sci-Fi is like calling 'Survivor' 'Reality'. It's straight-up comedy and has nothing to do with sic-fi.
I did get a kick out of watching the dude with the dreads being remote-controlled and trying to kill his shipmates in one episode, him being the host of robot wars and all.
I'll watch a few more episodes, maybe it will grow on me.
I don't want to sound like I'm against Freenet, I run a node myself. I just think that we need to tread carefully until these things are ironed out a bit better.
In the US, not all speech is protected, so setting up a system that protects all information enables illegal speech. Until that changes, running Freenet could be hazardous.
My point is that if Freenet could provide absolute security, such that it was completely impossible for someone to know if my node was hosting the files they were receiving, it would quickly become illegal to run it, because lots of illegal content would move to it.
People will take whatever measures they can justify to stamp out things like child porn. If you remove all but one option (make freenet illegal), then they'll do that.
Whats the deal with Red Dwarf anyway? I keep hearing about it here on /. as some kind of awesome SciFi show. So I went and downloaded a bunch of episodes and discover that its kind of a horribly cheesy scifi spoof comedy. Its got a freakin' laugh track! Its even got that boob from Robot Wars (or whatever the show is called over there).
why not provide shows on bit torrent?
Because thats what Akamai is for.
Perhaps this will force American media companies to offer a few better options to their customers.
You mean so we don't all move to the UK?
I don't mind ads in TV shows as long as they are paying for the show. Those stupid animations that some shows put at the bottom of the frame after the commercial break are highly annoying though.
I also wouldn't mind paying a resonable amount to subscribe to my favorite shows so that I could download them uncut and commercial free, perhaps with some occasional special features (some comments from the writers/directors explaining finer plot points or whatever).
I wonder what is the cost of an episode per viewer?
This also sounds like another good reason to switch to an encrypted P2P architecture like Freenet.
I don't know. Is there some legal precedent that allows me to give other people permission to store possibly illegal content on my computer, or to retransmit said content without liability?
It seems to me that even if the public freenet is technologically successful it will not save you when the authorities find that they can pull down copyrighted material or kiddy porn from your computer. At worst they'll just make people liabile for what is stored on or downloaded from their computers.
Private Freenets can still work, since one would have to be trusted before access was allowed.
Maybe, but so far we've only been able to kill 7 people at a time with the space program. Its obviously much less effective.
The sun is hot, the sun is not
A place where we could live
But here on Earth there'd be no life
Without the light it gives
come on everybody, sing along!
Ha, you all suck, I just tell my network admin to update everything so I can get on with the drinking beer and watching porn.
I can't stand people who listen for five minutes and start to write "use cases" right away
Thats called a CBM, Current Business Model. Its useful for communicating to other people on your development team how the customer does things now, so you can make intelligent decisions about how to move them to a new system.
Sort of.
Freenet is missing a few things that would make a workable system. A number of compromises were made to make it more anonymous. Thats not a bad thing of course, just that anonymity isn't required on the internet at large, and you can get some more intelligent routing and caching if you throw out that requirement.
Freenet is very cool though, I wish there were more participants so the content would be richer and faster.
And where does this 99% number come from? What's that? You pulled it straight out of your ass?
Indeed. It can't be 99%, because a huge chunk of p2p is amature porn that either isn't copyrighted, or the copyright holder would be too embarrased to claim.
i listen to radio because its fresh
Wow, if that is true, call your radio station and thank them. All the stations around here replay the same stuff so much I can only stand to listen to them for a couple hours a month.
I used to have a 45 minute drive to/from work, and I'd frequently here the same songs 2 or 3 times.
When my radio in the car died I just took it out and put in an MP3 player with no radio. Haven't missed it at all.
CPU cooler - hmm can't use the fans from a hair drier, any other ideas?
Big-ass passive heatsink, cardboard ducting, and a small squirrel-cage fan from a photocopier. Run it at low voltage and it will be quiet and still move far more air than those puny CPU fans.
I can't hear anything over my HEPA filter anyway, and I could sleep in a sawmill, so I don't worry much about computer noise.
I've seen a number of eleveator refits lately that involve software to run the elevators. Its supposed to make the elevators more efficent.
I think they should install fat-person sensors. Anytime a fat person gets on, it should refuse to move and tell them where to find the stairs.
The prestige of designing new products may be the only "currency" worth having
That and the ability to produce and deliver energy to run replicators.
1 lb ground sirloin
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1 clove fresh garlic, crushed
1 fresh white onion, finely chopped
1 tblspoon worchestershire sauce
mix ingredients well (adjust amounts to taste) and form resulting pungent mess into 3 to 4 inch diameter patties about 3/4 to 1 inch thick. cook patties in covered grill over mesquite wood embers, allow to char slightly. Flip once. When cooked, place on plate and apply sliced cheese, cover with foil and allow cheese to melt.
Serve with your choice of condiments, side dishes and beer. Baked beans, potato salad and good stout recommended.
You must make these instructions available to anyone who receives the finished product.
i like to enjoy it and remember it.
As soon as they figure out how to DRM your wetware memory modules, you'll have to pay for that too.
You are purchasing the right to listen to the guys play music live.
Do I have the right to remember the performance?
How about the right to relate the experience to friends? What if I have a really, really good memory, and happen to have technologicly enhanced audio reproduction capabilities?
My point is that making laws based on the current limits of human abilities, particularly concerning sensory and information reproduction, is probably not a good idea. It feels to me like its missing the fundamental issues in question.
I'm not arguing with the way it is, I just think it ought to be different than the way it is, because we are just going to have to change it again later. We should be attempting to identify the underlying principles and writing laws that cover them, then the specific cases will be covered. Instead we have hacked-up mess of laws that normal people haven't a hope of understanding, and that must constantly be reviewed, revised, and fought over.