In my home town, the DARE leader for quite awhile
was a cop who also used and dealt drugs. His
position gave him some great oppurtunities... I
knew this guy who was caught with a baggie of pot
and some regular cigarettes. He was taken in,
booked, and released. He was considering fleeing
the town, but his parents found him... at which
point he found out he'd been charged for the
cigarettes only.
The town is Lebanon, OR (97355). I understand
that the officer (Martinez IIRC) was eventually
suspended. Took a matter of years though.
In my opinion, the war on drugs is pretty stupid
anyway. Prisons overflowing with people due to
marijuana, despite (a) being a legal medicine in
places now, and (b) alcohol being more
"dangerous." Think back to the prohibition.
(And actually, I think any "victimless",
"protecting the people from themselves" crimes
shouldn't be crimes. People want to waste away
on crack? Fine by me... educate them on how
it'll more or less wreck their lives, don't
federally fund their rehab, and if they do it
in private, it's their business. People want to
off themselves? Well, it's their life, do what
you want. Et cetera...)
So if a band who's on a big record label ends up having all their songs on napster, it's a form of promotion, but if the same happens to a band on an indie lable, it will hurt their sales? Sounds fishy to me. Although Napster is a bit much, I have bought CDs due to mp3s, mainly indie cds - because, guess what, they're still out there. Kill Rock Stars, for example, has one or more mp3s per artist up. Check out other labels too: The bottom of this page is a great start, includes Chainsaw, K, Villa Villakula. Others (some may be considered "inbetween") are Restless, Righteous Babe Records, Matador, etc., etc.
Net leading to interaction
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In my life, at least, I can be assured that the study means nothing. In fact, it's conclusions are opposite to my life. I'm online a lot, and here's some things which have come to pass as a result:
Last August I went to a (specific) newsgroup conference. I'll be going again next August, across the country. Travel and people.
I've met a number of friends, and yes, I spend "physical time" with them.
I interact with people that I wouldn't be seeing otherwise
There's at least 3 concerts I'll be seeing due to information gotten online... which is to say, being on the internet opened the door to more social events.
One concert in the past and one planned in the future, and more to come, I'll see out of town... thanks to the fact that 1) I know the details of when and where they'll be happening, and 2) I now know people in those towns.
I suppose that there's not much chance of the early versions being ported. The last two versions (7, 8) have been ported to win9x, but rely on Active X. And really, I don't know if Squaresoft would bother...
Someone mentioned the early (text) Zork games. I wouldn't mind the later ones, either (Return, Nemesis, Grand Inquisitor - Dos, Win9x, Win9x respectively).
Yes, yes, you do define hackers, with various examples of ethics, and so on... but this comes after calling various crackers... _cr_ackers... hackers as well. Which is the common misconception in the mainstream media of which you spoke...
Secondly, I'd just like to point out the direct hipocricy of the federal government putting so much effort towards capturing people who's crime is the theft of information while simultaniously monitoring any and all data they can...
Witness both the recent Australian announcement of the satalite systems that filter and save any messages that pass through, and the abuse of key escrow (like we didn't see that one coming from day one) by the US in the European arena.
More over, the US government has more motive and oppurtunity to put there stolen data to use than do most individuals.
Filtering et. al. not censorship
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Censorship is the action of not allowing others to be heard or to express themselves. Which is why you call this self-censorship, I'm sure, but we need a different prefix here... self-censorship is the act of blocking one's own expression, not blocking others expression from one's self (and only one's self).
As Webster's puts it, censoring is the act of "supervis[ing] conduct and morals."
My drawn out point being, while I am strong against the notion of any person supervising the conduct and morals of others, I also believe that individuals have an inherent right to impose morals and codes of conduct over themselves. While everyone has a right to speak, and not to be outright censored, I also believe that individuals have the right to choose not to listen to what you say. We're not living in anyone's personal reeducation camp. This is parallel to my support of freedom of press - but not only to people have a right not to listen to what the press reports, they also have a right to privacy (which often suffers via the media machine).
I don't use ShutUp Software personally, but I certainly defend it as a choice that should be there for those who wish to.
Slashdot Mirror
The town is Lebanon, OR (97355). I understand that the officer (Martinez IIRC) was eventually suspended. Took a matter of years though.
In my opinion, the war on drugs is pretty stupid anyway. Prisons overflowing with people due to marijuana, despite (a) being a legal medicine in places now, and (b) alcohol being more "dangerous." Think back to the prohibition.
(And actually, I think any "victimless", "protecting the people from themselves" crimes shouldn't be crimes. People want to waste away on crack? Fine by me... educate them on how it'll more or less wreck their lives, don't federally fund their rehab, and if they do it in private, it's their business. People want to off themselves? Well, it's their life, do what you want. Et cetera...)
Boubaki
So if a band who's on a big record label ends up having all their songs on napster, it's a form of promotion, but if the same happens to a band on an indie lable, it will hurt their sales? Sounds fishy to me. Although Napster is a bit much, I have bought CDs due to mp3s, mainly indie cds - because, guess what, they're still out there. Kill Rock Stars, for example, has one or more mp3s per artist up. Check out other labels too: The bottom of this page is a great start, includes Chainsaw, K, Villa Villakula. Others (some may be considered "inbetween") are Restless, Righteous Babe Records, Matador, etc., etc.
- Last August I went to a (specific) newsgroup conference. I'll be going again next August, across the country. Travel and people.
- I've met a number of friends, and yes, I spend "physical time" with them.
- I interact with people that I wouldn't be seeing otherwise
- There's at least 3 concerts I'll be seeing due to information gotten online... which is to say, being on the internet opened the door to more social events.
- One concert in the past and one planned in the future, and more to come, I'll see out of town... thanks to the fact that 1) I know the details of when and where they'll be happening, and 2) I now know people in those towns.
Etc...I suppose that there's not much chance of the early versions being ported. The last two versions (7, 8) have been ported to win9x, but rely on Active X. And really, I don't know if Squaresoft would bother...
Someone mentioned the early (text) Zork games. I wouldn't mind the later ones, either (Return, Nemesis, Grand Inquisitor - Dos, Win9x, Win9x respectively).
Jake
Yes, yes, you do define hackers, with various examples of ethics, and so on... but this comes after calling various crackers... _cr_ackers... hackers as well. Which is the common misconception in the mainstream media of which you spoke...
Secondly, I'd just like to point out the direct hipocricy of the federal government putting so much effort towards capturing people who's crime is the theft of information while simultaniously monitoring any and all data they can...
Witness both the recent Australian announcement of the satalite systems that filter and save any messages that pass through, and the abuse of key escrow (like we didn't see that one coming from day one) by the US in the European arena.
More over, the US government has more motive and oppurtunity to put there stolen data to use than do most individuals.
As Webster's puts it, censoring is the act of "supervis[ing] conduct and morals."
My drawn out point being, while I am strong against the notion of any person supervising the conduct and morals of others, I also believe that individuals have an inherent right to impose morals and codes of conduct over themselves. While everyone has a right to speak, and not to be outright censored, I also believe that individuals have the right to choose not to listen to what you say. We're not living in anyone's personal reeducation camp. This is parallel to my support of freedom of press - but not only to people have a right not to listen to what the press reports, they also have a right to privacy (which often suffers via the media machine).
I don't use ShutUp Software personally, but I certainly defend it as a choice that should be there for those who wish to.
-- ~ I dare you... to take me on... I dare you... to show me your palms... ~ Björk, "I Dare You", _5 Years_