CPS2shock will no longer release any information that can be used to break CPS-2 encryption until such times as Capcom no longer release new titles on the system
Well, okay, let's say 3 months from now some guys in Uzbekistan come up with a dumping method just like CPS2shock, only they release ALL information on how to do it. What keeps Capcom from screaming, "hey, you leaked the information! Bastards! Lawsuit! Lawsuit!". On the other hand, if the CPS2shock people DID leak the information (carefully as to not leave traces), what keeps them from saying they didn't?
Heck, that's what PGP, public terminals and temporary web-mail accounts are for.
When 2.2 came out, there was a page (I fail to remember where) detailing exactly what packages had to be upgraded in order to put 2.2 into a 2.0 box. I successfuly upgraded many machines with the help of that document. Anyone knows if there's such a thing for 2.4? Maybe in the kernel tarball itself?
I just read about Yahoo implementing software in its auction area to filter out "hate material" . And while I'm not a big fan of censorship, Yahoo is company, not a government institution or anything similar, so we can't complain too much.
But wasn't it government censorship... by the French? And someone IS complaining (Yahoo themselves -- they're still contesting the decision).
About govt vs corps: don't you think if the founding fathers were presented with how strong some private entities would become (to the point that they become capable of de facto nationwide censorship, among other nasty things), they'd have written down a few more safeguards here and there?
Because if it was 1x4x9 m^3 it would be fucking huge, fall over in the wind and crush somebody's dog.
Well, it seems it can crush somebody's dog the way it is. If it was 9m high it could crush Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and a couple of grunge bands in one fell swoop.
The current version of Licq is pretty much widget-independent. It runs just as well with the GTK+ frontend as with the Qt one, even with a neat little GNOME applet. And it's much more feature-rich than GnomeICU, and stable too. IMHO it would do nicely in Helix GNOME.
Helix's version of Gaim doesn't include the plugins for other protocols. Bad.
On other subject, I hope the second part of this series (ICQ) makes it to the front page. I have a thing or two to say about GnomeICU (poor; why did Helix choose that one?) and Licq (kicks ass).
I like this idea. As you no doubt noticed, my main worry on the subject is content reliability. Quality stamping from trustable institutions is a good idea. Another one is to mandate a proeminent notice on altered works stating that it's altered and with a link to the original.
You know, it seems we are reinventig the wheel a little (wheel being the free documentation license concept). Not that it is a bad thing.
What about we team up and put this ideas in a formal way? We might come up with something useful.
Considering that a "hit" textbook can bring the author in $300,000 per year in royalties -- why exactly should they do for free what could make them comfortable for the rest of their life?
Well, many people do just that for software, so why not books?
That said, I think the model for Free Books should be different. For instance, not everybody should be allowed to alter content at will (what if someone introduces a wrong formula, or a false historical event?) but copy should be free provided the work remains unadultered. Not that people can't contribute patches -- but they should pass the author's sieve.
Besides, you can request the filtering be turned off at any time, including when you open the account.
IF this is true, I think it warrants an update to the article so people don't get overly incensed. In such case the RCC gets a cookie for Doing The Right Thing. Anyone has a link to their Terms of Service?
If you were already 18, who would you have voted for? Gore? Bush? Nader? Somebody else?
Ah, and in the same lines of the drug question, remember that vote (even hypotetically) is secret, so you don't really have to answer if you don't feel like.
It seems that in the Western world(well, America and Eurasia[not EurAsia]) 'Innocent until proven guilty' is now translatable into 'Guilty until proven innocent'.
This is only the first step. In sequence:
Innocent until proven guilty.
Guilty until proven innocent.
Guilty, period.
Guilty, and trying to claim innocence is a criminal offense.
AMD has an incoming 64-bit architecture which will be binary compatible with the x86 (much like the 386 coud run 8086 software unchanged). I'd put my money on them over the Itanium. Haven't read much about it lately, other than a Slashdot announcement awhile back. Anyone has further news on that?
"As part of the effort to encourage the participation of intellectuals in the new regime, in mid-1956 there began an official effort to liberalize the political climate. Cultural and intellectual figures were encouraged to speak their minds on the state of CCP rule and programs. Mao personally took the lead in the movement,
which was launched under the classical slogan 'Let a hundred flowers bloom, let the hundred schools of thought contend'. At first the party's repeated invitation to air constructive views freely and openly was met with caution. By mid-1957, however, the movement unexpectedly mounted, bringing
denunciation and criticism against the party in general and the excesses of its cadres in particular. Startled and embarrassed, leaders turned on the critics as 'bourgeois rightists' and launched the Anti-Rightist Campaign. The Hundred Flowers Campaign, sometimes called the Double Hundred Campaign, apparently had a sobering effect on the CCP leadership."
I think your point #2 has a high chance of being close to the truth, although a more sinister idea crossed my mind:
When ruling China, Mao once started a "let's speak out campaign" in which he EXPLICITLY invited people to write about what was wrong with the country, allegedly in order to improve the quality of government. Many people were elated at this "breath of freedom" and openly spoke what was on their minds. Mao then had the critics neatly identified, categorized, filed and then eliminated.
I saw this, IIRC, in a British Channel 4 documentary. Links would be appreciated.
Does anyone have a sense of the incoming President's view on these matters? Will he be more supportive of civil liberties or compliant with law enforcement?
He'll probably look at the bill and say, "hey, no death sentences? What a weenie of a bill. Let me send it back to Congress so they can spice it up a little. Geez, haven't they learned there is NO such thing as excessive punishment?"
(...) this new release adds the Render extension which will hopefully give us anti-aliased fonts, alphablended menus, and a stromboli delivered nice and hot to your door.
Tell me why anyone else in the world besides the Walt Disney Corporation should have any rights what so ever to Mickey Mouse? It's their character, their creation. There's no reason why anyone else ever should have rights to use Mickey however they see fit, IMO.
You're mixing trademarks and copyright. Disney will have the exclusive rights to Mickey AS A TRADEMARK forever - not even your grandgrandgrandchildren will be able to open a fast-fod chain named "Mickey Burgers" having the familiar three-circle mouse drawing as a logo, for instance.
On the other hand, everybody should be legally able to make copies of "Steamboat Willie" or "Snow White" and pass them around at will, or even at charge. That's copyright expiration, which has been unconstitutionally extended over and over. Works whose copyright DID expire can be found at Project Gutemberg (this is the same link as the article).
When there is cartoon character that was created before my parents were born and it will be not in public domain during my children's lifetime, I don't understand where is the "limited time" from the deal.
It seems some lawyer who knew Math thought, "hey, any non-infinite number is technically 'limited'. So copyright could last 10^100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years and still follow the letter of the Constitution!"
What about a switch to alphanumeric dialing? I doubt current touch-tone equipment can't be fitted to distinguish 40 or more different tones.
That way the synergy between telephone and Internet would be complete. You'd send an e-mail, instant message, voice message or phone call, all to somebody@someprovider.com. Endpoint address length would no longer be an issue.
The issue of compatibility with the current phone system is left as an exercise for the reader.
Another Open-sourceable spot at HP corp.
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VeriFone - a subsidiary dedicated to POS terminals. In order to develop software for those beasts (OMNI is their name), you use a SDK provided by them (called Verix - closed-source, of course) along with a C compiler from SDS whit a horrid copy-protection scheme. I have a hunch that you might be able to use gcc for that, but haven't yet the time OR stamina to work on this. Feel free to de-spamproof my email and discuss technical details with me.
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CPS2shock will no longer release any information that can be used to break CPS-2 encryption until such times as Capcom no longer release new titles on the system
Well, okay, let's say 3 months from now some guys in Uzbekistan come up with a dumping method just like CPS2shock, only they release ALL information on how to do it. What keeps Capcom from screaming, "hey, you leaked the information! Bastards! Lawsuit! Lawsuit!". On the other hand, if the CPS2shock people DID leak the information (carefully as to not leave traces), what keeps them from saying they didn't?
Heck, that's what PGP, public terminals and temporary web-mail accounts are for.
When 2.2 came out, there was a page (I fail to remember where) detailing exactly what packages had to be upgraded in order to put 2.2 into a 2.0 box. I successfuly upgraded many machines with the help of that document. Anyone knows if there's such a thing for 2.4? Maybe in the kernel tarball itself?
Yep, especially that "reverse" variant they put in HP calculators. D'oh!
But wasn't it government censorship... by the French? And someone IS complaining (Yahoo themselves -- they're still contesting the decision).
About govt vs corps: don't you think if the founding fathers were presented with how strong some private entities would become (to the point that they become capable of de facto nationwide censorship, among other nasty things), they'd have written down a few more safeguards here and there?
Well, it seems it can crush somebody's dog the way it is. If it was 9m high it could crush Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and a couple of grunge bands in one fell swoop.
You mean, it only existed during an infinitely small period of time? WOW, the photographer must have SOME reflexes!
Do you suspect the SUV driver might have been a secret M$ or Intel agent? ;-P
Disclaimer: I use the CVS version of Licq and the nightly builds of this gtk+ plugin (there is more than one; this is the one that rocks).
On other subject, I hope the second part of this series (ICQ) makes it to the front page. I have a thing or two to say about GnomeICU (poor; why did Helix choose that one?) and Licq (kicks ass).
You know, it seems we are reinventig the wheel a little (wheel being the free documentation license concept). Not that it is a bad thing.
What about we team up and put this ideas in a formal way? We might come up with something useful.
Well, many people do just that for software, so why not books?
That said, I think the model for Free Books should be different. For instance, not everybody should be allowed to alter content at will (what if someone introduces a wrong formula, or a false historical event?) but copy should be free provided the work remains unadultered. Not that people can't contribute patches -- but they should pass the author's sieve.
IF this is true, I think it warrants an update to the article so people don't get overly incensed. In such case the RCC gets a cookie for Doing The Right Thing. Anyone has a link to their Terms of Service?
Ah, and in the same lines of the drug question, remember that vote (even hypotetically) is secret, so you don't really have to answer if you don't feel like.
This is only the first step. In sequence:
Innocent until proven guilty.
Guilty until proven innocent.
Guilty, period.
Guilty, and trying to claim innocence is a criminal offense.
Not that there is any chance anyone in the big media will utter these three words in sequence.
Are you implying there might be hope against the DMCA? Gee, I feel... Republican! Gawd!
AMD has an incoming 64-bit architecture which will be binary compatible with the x86 (much like the 386 coud run 8086 software unchanged). I'd put my money on them over the Itanium. Haven't read much about it lately, other than a Slashdot announcement awhile back. Anyone has further news on that?
"As part of the effort to encourage the participation of intellectuals in the new regime, in mid-1956 there began an official effort to liberalize the political climate. Cultural and intellectual figures were encouraged to speak their minds on the state of CCP rule and programs. Mao personally took the lead in the movement, which was launched under the classical slogan 'Let a hundred flowers bloom, let the hundred schools of thought contend'. At first the party's repeated invitation to air constructive views freely and openly was met with caution. By mid-1957, however, the movement unexpectedly mounted, bringing denunciation and criticism against the party in general and the excesses of its cadres in particular. Startled and embarrassed, leaders turned on the critics as 'bourgeois rightists' and launched the Anti-Rightist Campaign. The Hundred Flowers Campaign, sometimes called the Double Hundred Campaign, apparently had a sobering effect on the CCP leadership."
When ruling China, Mao once started a "let's speak out campaign" in which he EXPLICITLY invited people to write about what was wrong with the country, allegedly in order to improve the quality of government. Many people were elated at this "breath of freedom" and openly spoke what was on their minds. Mao then had the critics neatly identified, categorized, filed and then eliminated.
I saw this, IIRC, in a British Channel 4 documentary. Links would be appreciated.
He'll probably look at the bill and say, "hey, no death sentences? What a weenie of a bill. Let me send it back to Congress so they can spice it up a little. Geez, haven't they learned there is NO such thing as excessive punishment?"
Why would I want a volcano delivered to my door?
You're mixing trademarks and copyright. Disney will have the exclusive rights to Mickey AS A TRADEMARK forever - not even your grandgrandgrandchildren will be able to open a fast-fod chain named "Mickey Burgers" having the familiar three-circle mouse drawing as a logo, for instance.
On the other hand, everybody should be legally able to make copies of "Steamboat Willie" or "Snow White" and pass them around at will, or even at charge. That's copyright expiration, which has been unconstitutionally extended over and over. Works whose copyright DID expire can be found at Project Gutemberg (this is the same link as the article).
It seems some lawyer who knew Math thought, "hey, any non-infinite number is technically 'limited'. So copyright could last 10^100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years and still follow the letter of the Constitution!"
That way the synergy between telephone and Internet would be complete. You'd send an e-mail, instant message, voice message or phone call, all to somebody@someprovider.com. Endpoint address length would no longer be an issue.
The issue of compatibility with the current phone system is left as an exercise for the reader.
VeriFone - a subsidiary dedicated to POS terminals. In order to develop software for those beasts (OMNI is their name), you use a SDK provided by them (called Verix - closed-source, of course) along with a C compiler from SDS whit a horrid copy-protection scheme. I have a hunch that you might be able to use gcc for that, but haven't yet the time OR stamina to work on this. Feel free to de-spamproof my email and discuss technical details with me.