But isn't it interesting, that in their FAQ they murmur about trying to make alliances with content owners, in order to compensate them for the business they transact?
Also, I'm not 100% sure that Iran is a signatory to the international copyright laws anyway. So what exactly the MPAA could do is unclear...
That's not the point. What you're implying is that Mozilla have made their pages to break IE. But we're going for *standards* here, not a lock-out competition, so that anybody can make a browser which will work. And actually, the page renders fine in IE, even though you miss out the eye candy of the lizard at the top right. Mozilla have designed the pages very well, with "degradation" in mind. That is, people with less advantaged browsers STILL get a readable and usable version of the page. It's what CSS is all about, and it's what Mozilla is all about. It's a Good Idea(TM).
As has been said many times before, but which is obviously worth repeating here:
It is NOT a restriction on speech, because unsolicitied commercial email places a financial burdern upon the recipient, where the recipient has NOT consented to undertake that burden.
That is, they often have to directly pay to receive what they never requested. It is somewhat akin to having someone send you a magazine in the mail, and then bill you for it.
You are absolutely correct, of course (and coming from Scotland, I'm just a wee bit proud). But there is one caveat which should be noted in this case:
John Logie Baird invented what is called mechanical television, and Farnsworth invented electronic television (the ancestor of what we have today). The difference isn't quite clear to me, but it seems that mechanical tv cameras captured images with a rotating disc, with holes cut in; whereas Farnsworth's electric TV used an "iconoscope" - something which Google couldn't explain to me in the 2 minutes I had...
Either way, JLB should definitely get the accolade for the invention; but Farnsworth should be noted as a great inventor in his own right.
If anyone wants to clarify this further, I'll be as interested as anybody.
The software giant is one of several firms trying to assemble a consortium to take over the wreckage
Why on earth do they need a consortium? ITV Digital's debts are in the region of a few hundred million pounds, as far as I know, but Microsoft is sitting on an actual cash pile of tens of billions. If they truly want it, then the only reason not to buy it outright is surely a political one, not problem of means!
Avoid the Noid was a PC game. I ran it on a 286 in Hercules graphics (that's 720x348 monochrome res, I do believe), and the PC speaker music/sfx were just great. Standing among its compatriots in the monochrome 286 games category, it really stood out as good programming (although SIMCGA with Jill of the Jungle was pretty good too).
What I really need to know, is what happened when you won? I got to the top, and there was some bad guy/thing (this was many years ago) but I never defeated him/it.
The group and its name are just a convenience. If the pervs couldn't post their pr0n there, they'd just move to alt.disney.mickeymouse or something. In a way (ok, a very warped and twisted way) it's better that it can go on in a dedicated group. Posters of illegal material can then be found through these groups without the material undergoing massive exposure to kids first...
Do you know WHY it's an "incredibly good language"? They've ripped off Java to an astonishing extent. The only thing they have that Java doesn't really, is a pretty flashy IDE with said GUI builder (though I hear JBuilder is pretty good).
Honestly. Compare the APIs. Tell me MS didn't model C# on Java.
"Poster boy" was the epithet bestowed on him in the blurb at the top of the story, but having said that, it's all a bit irrelevant, because my comment did come across as implying he should be judged in light of all his facets, not just business ones.
I should shut up and go code something useful:-) Thanks for the pedantry, though:-)
I tried to make an obfuscated java sig in 120 chars (/.'s sig limit), but considering that a class with nothing in and a blank main method takes 61 chars, I thought I'd do another language as a joke. Guess you're not laughing huh? Ah well, back to the drawing board.
Yes, I do have a copy of VB1 for DOS.:-) Yes, I even paid for it. (Back in the day.....)
When it comes down to it, the original registrants of barcelona.com were acting in extremely bad faith, and unbelievable though it may seem, the judge was clever enough to see that. There *is* room for interpretation in today's legal system, and the judge in this case seems to have been savvy enough to use that skill in association with the already existing laws.
Is there an undertone in your comment which suggests that US interests should ALWAYS be favoured, when in competition with foreign ones? Is altruism completely absent from your thinking here?;-)
Getting it dismissed would be a shot in the arm for the anti-DMCA lobby, so my best wishes go with Elcomsoft.
Incidentally, though, this "blind people used e-book reader" argument seems a bit thin on the ground, for two reasons:
1) I've never seen any report of any case where a blind person actually used the software, and
2) I seem to recall they only sold about 50 copies before it got yanked.
Anybody got any information on whether it was used by blind people? (Not that that should be necessary for the sofware's legality, but it might help people understand the case better...)
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Thanks, looks interesting. I was actually thinking more in terms of current, creative works, but anything's a good start :-)
Unfortunately, it's locking me out until I get Shockwave (which I have, but never manages to be detected). I'll try it on another box sometime.
:-)
Thanks
Ahh, my apologies. Not quite up to date here (IE5.5, uni computer lab).
Well spotted on the differences!
Many authors are giving away their books. Free home-made movies.
In all seriousness, are there any actual movie makers who are legitimately giving away their movies in watchable form (e.g. DivX)?
I would definitely take the time to download these, if I thought I could support a fledgeling industry. Do you know of any, though?
But isn't it interesting, that in their FAQ they murmur about trying to make alliances with content owners, in order to compensate them for the business they transact?
Also, I'm not 100% sure that Iran is a signatory to the international copyright laws anyway. So what exactly the MPAA could do is unclear...
That's not the point. What you're implying is that Mozilla have made their pages to break IE. But we're going for *standards* here, not a lock-out competition, so that anybody can make a browser which will work. And actually, the page renders fine in IE, even though you miss out the eye candy of the lizard at the top right. Mozilla have designed the pages very well, with "degradation" in mind. That is, people with less advantaged browsers STILL get a readable and usable version of the page. It's what CSS is all about, and it's what Mozilla is all about. It's a Good Idea(TM).
If whack-a-mole were REALLY like pornsites, every hole would produce a mole at the same time, and when you hit it, it wouldn't go away :-)
As has been said many times before, but which is obviously worth repeating here:
It is NOT a restriction on speech, because unsolicitied commercial email places a financial burdern upon the recipient, where the recipient has NOT consented to undertake that burden.
That is, they often have to directly pay to receive what they never requested. It is somewhat akin to having someone send you a magazine in the mail, and then bill you for it.
I can't give you doctored ones, but how about this lovely mugshot of him, after being arrested (yes, it seems to be true) in 1977.
You are absolutely correct, of course (and coming from Scotland, I'm just a wee bit proud). But there is one caveat which should be noted in this case:
John Logie Baird invented what is called mechanical television, and Farnsworth invented electronic television (the ancestor of what we have today). The difference isn't quite clear to me, but it seems that mechanical tv cameras captured images with a rotating disc, with holes cut in; whereas Farnsworth's electric TV used an "iconoscope" - something which Google couldn't explain to me in the 2 minutes I had...
Either way, JLB should definitely get the accolade for the invention; but Farnsworth should be noted as a great inventor in his own right.
If anyone wants to clarify this further, I'll be as interested as anybody.
Somewhat suspect company, for the following reasons:
Contact email address is: rmercado37@yahoo.com
Contact phone numbers (voice/fax) are both unlisted (www.infospace.com)
The website was only registered in 2000 - rather surprising for a supposed world player in IT.
The HTTPs server has some weird, weird unrelated stuff on it: https://www.panip.com/index.htm
The hosting company's website is not exactly professional - at least, I don't think an empty directory listing is very good: http://www.edgeinc.org
Chuck in a cut-and-paste job legal disclaimer (Google for its key-phrases) and we start to smell a scam.
The software giant is one of several firms trying to assemble a consortium to take over the wreckage
Why on earth do they need a consortium? ITV Digital's debts are in the region of a few hundred million pounds, as far as I know, but Microsoft is sitting on an actual cash pile of tens of billions. If they truly want it, then the only reason not to buy it outright is surely a political one, not problem of means!
Avoid the Noid was a PC game. I ran it on a 286 in Hercules graphics (that's 720x348 monochrome res, I do believe), and the PC speaker music/sfx were just great. Standing among its compatriots in the monochrome 286 games category, it really stood out as good programming (although SIMCGA with Jill of the Jungle was pretty good too).
What I really need to know, is what happened when you won? I got to the top, and there was some bad guy/thing (this was many years ago) but I never defeated him/it.
Anyone achieve this?
I love the way there was a candid admission of the situation.
I spent a good 15 minutes wondering if I'd some screwed up cookie which was preventing me logging in.
He "knows" he's very close, because he *knows* his research budget might be cut soon ;-)
(just conjecture, btw)
The group and its name are just a convenience. If the pervs couldn't post their pr0n there, they'd just move to alt.disney.mickeymouse or something. In a way (ok, a very warped and twisted way) it's better that it can go on in a dedicated group. Posters of illegal material can then be found through these groups without the material undergoing massive exposure to kids first...
Do you know WHY it's an "incredibly good language"? They've ripped off Java to an astonishing extent. The only thing they have that Java doesn't really, is a pretty flashy IDE with said GUI builder (though I hear JBuilder is pretty good).
Honestly. Compare the APIs. Tell me MS didn't model C# on Java.
"Poster boy" was the epithet bestowed on him in the blurb at the top of the story, but having said that, it's all a bit irrelevant, because my comment did come across as implying he should be judged in light of all his facets, not just business ones.
:-) Thanks for the pedantry, though :-)
I should shut up and go code something useful
Relax. Never claimed perfectness. Never said his posts were anything other than funny. =)
What was our posterboy doing in 1991? That's right, posting to alt.sex about his fave porn films.
Don't believe me?
You should.
I tried to make an obfuscated java sig in 120 chars (/.'s sig limit), but considering that a class with nothing in and a blank main method takes 61 chars, I thought I'd do another language as a joke. Guess you're not laughing huh? Ah well, back to the drawing board.
:-) Yes, I even paid for it. (Back in the day.....)
Yes, I do have a copy of VB1 for DOS.
When it comes down to it, the original registrants of barcelona.com were acting in extremely bad faith, and unbelievable though it may seem, the judge was clever enough to see that. There *is* room for interpretation in today's legal system, and the judge in this case seems to have been savvy enough to use that skill in association with the already existing laws.
;-)
Is there an undertone in your comment which suggests that US interests should ALWAYS be favoured, when in competition with foreign ones? Is altruism completely absent from your thinking here?
Whoever modded the parent to "flamebait", is an idiot.
The keygen has a date (hardcoded, not just a "touch"ed file or anything) of 06/08/01 which means it's very much not 0-day k-l33t warez...
So as the parent says, this is NOT the keygen they're talking about.
Getting it dismissed would be a shot in the arm for the anti-DMCA lobby, so my best wishes go with Elcomsoft.
Incidentally, though, this "blind people used e-book reader" argument seems a bit thin on the ground, for two reasons:
1) I've never seen any report of any case where a blind person actually used the software, and
2) I seem to recall they only sold about 50 copies before it got yanked.
Anybody got any information on whether it was used by blind people? (Not that that should be necessary for the sofware's legality, but it might help people understand the case better...)
Bloody morning classes. They distract me from paying proper attention to Slashdot :-)
*oops*