"The Digital Millennium Copyright Act dramatically tilted the copyright balance toward complete copyright protection at the expense of the public's right to fair use..."
That's the thing, copyright was created for the public's benefit and nobody else's! It's not like rights and freedom where there's a tradeoff between mine (I can do anything!) and what they impose on you (that means I can restrict you). With copyright, it's "hey, we want more material available to us, so we will make it worth your while by giving you a short monopoly". Well, it was.
What exactly are these "addicted" people spending their time doing? "The Internet" is a lot of things. Are they chatting all day? Writing e-mail? Reading discussion forums and posting messages? Playing online games? Reading random web pages and articles? Downloading music and software? etc. At least they were more specific than "sitting at the computer" (as in, "the computer is EVIL!!!").
"The difference here is that cervical cancer won't run through the schools like wildfire endangering everyone who breathes the common air."
And someone can 100% prevent themselves from getting it by abstaining from sex, though pepper spray or similar might be necessary to prevent rape. A drug shouldn't be mandatory if precautions like this render it unnecessary. At least in this case one can choose private or home schooling and avoid this.
"A RAID system with a failed disk is a disaster waiting to happen."
I know little about RAIDs, but my guess is that a RAID with a failed disk is less reliable than a normal drive, since at that point any failure of one of the several remaining disks means major data loss (unless it's one of those that can handle two or more failed disks).
At least in some cases, people don't know what they actually want/will buy. The only real way to find if people are going to buy one is to offer them for sale.
And related, these chimps have seen each other making weapons and killing things for a while now. As always, only us humans are the "real" observers in this universe, so before we've seen it, it's never been seen!!!11!1!
"Being the Asshole that I am, I decided to check on Piratebay. HD-DVD's winning. and porn, too."
How exactly can you upload the physical disk itself? HD-DVD is the disk, not the content. Sounds more like HD-DVD is losing out to online distribution.
This really seems to be about movies simply being promotions for actors. If the actors' performances have been edited badly, it might put them in a bad light and hurt their career. But such "editing" has been going on all the time, where an actor's unusable performances are edited out, or a scene is shortened.
"An acquaintance lost about 1/2 an inch off the tip of his finger. The surgeon cut a slit in the palm of his hand, stuck the finger in there and sewed it back up. A few months later, presto! new finger."
Only one problem, there's a finger sticking out of his palm now!
"Then one time I saw a police car on the freeway that did exactly that. Thanks, Officer Jerk, for setting a great example."
Did you know that police are usually on the road for a different reason than you are? Perhaps he was intentionally keeping someone behind him, or something besides getting from point A to point B efficiently and courteously.
Every damn story about something melting, getting hotter, dying, etc. always has the subtext: "You lousy humans are THE cause." Guess what? If it's a problem, it won't be solved by diverting all talk of the subject to us lousy humans. Solving it first requires detached observation of what's happening, then detached ideas about the cause, then detached tests to see if changing the apparent causes changes the effect. And who knows, we might conclude that major change beyond our control is in the near future and that we must find ways to accommodate to a new climate.
That quote really makes it clear that what they really want is to be paid every time you listen to the song, and the "pay more to have it on all your devices" is just an approximation. It's sort of like those zero-point energy people (cranks?), only it actually does give limitless replays of the same song, and the MAFIAA wants to be paid for every listen as if they are gods who created a universe where such a thing is possible. "We are the source of unlimited information!" Those old cassettes and CDs, those are the work of the devil, since they give the buyer way too much control over the content, allowing them to listen to it however many times they want without any negative consequences. With digital, that centuries-old loophole might be closed once and for all. </rant>
What if someone else violated the license and made a stripped version of the code available, without any references to the original author? How in general can one tell whether one is getting the original code with intact copyright notices?
"But now, researchers from the University of California at Berkeley have found a new way to convert this wasted heat into electricity [...]. So far, this method of creating electricity creation is in its very early stage, but if it can scale up to mass production it may lead to a new and inexpensive source of energy."
In other words, the "but now" is unwarranted, since there's still waste heat and no practical way to harness it. Until then, it's just "Researchers are attempting a practical way to waste less heat."
I haven't even touched on the excessive use of "but", "could", "may", etc. in recent summaries.
More advantages of two smaller monitors (hypothetical, as I only use one CRT monitor): * If one fails, you still have the other in the meantime. * You can upgrade them separately * If you ever need another monitor for another machine, you have it * You can turn one off if you're doing light work * Smaller flat-panels are probably cheaper per square inch, because of a lower defect rate and higher demand (more volume of product)
Slashdot Mirror
It solves the problem of how this company is going to get funding.
I'd probably keep misspelling it as "freopen". Also, does it come with a free Frogurt?
"almost all of the inventory is going up on eBay for pennies on the dollar."
Isn't the price set by buyers? At least that's my understanding of an auction.
"The Digital Millennium Copyright Act dramatically tilted the copyright balance toward complete copyright protection at the expense of the public's right to fair use..."
That's the thing, copyright was created for the public's benefit and nobody else's! It's not like rights and freedom where there's a tradeoff between mine (I can do anything!) and what they impose on you (that means I can restrict you). With copyright, it's "hey, we want more material available to us, so we will make it worth your while by giving you a short monopoly". Well, it was.
What exactly are these "addicted" people spending their time doing? "The Internet" is a lot of things. Are they chatting all day? Writing e-mail? Reading discussion forums and posting messages? Playing online games? Reading random web pages and articles? Downloading music and software? etc. At least they were more specific than "sitting at the computer" (as in, "the computer is EVIL!!!").
I prefer to say "DRM-encumbered content". The definition fits perfectly:
encumber
1. To put a heavy load on; burden.
2. To hinder or impede the action or performance of.
3. To burden with legal or financial obligations.
"The difference here is that cervical cancer won't run through the schools like wildfire endangering everyone who breathes the common air."
And someone can 100% prevent themselves from getting it by abstaining from sex, though pepper spray or similar might be necessary to prevent rape. A drug shouldn't be mandatory if precautions like this render it unnecessary. At least in this case one can choose private or home schooling and avoid this.
"Yeah, this seems like a shrill for Gardasil [...]"
Not a flame, just thought you'd like the correction: it's shill, not shrill.
"A RAID system with a failed disk is a disaster waiting to happen."
I know little about RAIDs, but my guess is that a RAID with a failed disk is less reliable than a normal drive, since at that point any failure of one of the several remaining disks means major data loss (unless it's one of those that can handle two or more failed disks).
At least in some cases, people don't know what they actually want/will buy. The only real way to find if people are going to buy one is to offer them for sale.
And related, these chimps have seen each other making weapons and killing things for a while now. As always, only us humans are the "real" observers in this universe, so before we've seen it, it's never been seen!!!11!1!
"Being the Asshole that I am, I decided to check on Piratebay. HD-DVD's winning. and porn, too."
How exactly can you upload the physical disk itself? HD-DVD is the disk, not the content. Sounds more like HD-DVD is losing out to online distribution.
"Some of them make people look like death warmed over."
Is that good or bad?
This really seems to be about movies simply being promotions for actors. If the actors' performances have been edited badly, it might put them in a bad light and hurt their career. But such "editing" has been going on all the time, where an actor's unusable performances are edited out, or a scene is shortened.
"An acquaintance lost about 1/2 an inch off the tip of his finger. The surgeon cut a slit in the palm of his hand, stuck the finger in there and sewed it back up. A few months later, presto! new finger."
Only one problem, there's a finger sticking out of his palm now!
"Should I be concerned that this story was submitted by someone named [TheBORG]?"
Your central processing unit seems to be malfunctioning. Please step into the nearest bay for regrowth.
"Then one time I saw a police car on the freeway that did exactly that. Thanks, Officer Jerk, for setting a great example."
Did you know that police are usually on the road for a different reason than you are? Perhaps he was intentionally keeping someone behind him, or something besides getting from point A to point B efficiently and courteously.
Every damn story about something melting, getting hotter, dying, etc. always has the subtext: "You lousy humans are THE cause." Guess what? If it's a problem, it won't be solved by diverting all talk of the subject to us lousy humans. Solving it first requires detached observation of what's happening, then detached ideas about the cause, then detached tests to see if changing the apparent causes changes the effect. And who knows, we might conclude that major change beyond our control is in the near future and that we must find ways to accommodate to a new climate.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't a sex addict be addicted to, you know, having sex? Maybe pornography addict (which pretty much implies no sex).
That quote really makes it clear that what they really want is to be paid every time you listen to the song, and the "pay more to have it on all your devices" is just an approximation. It's sort of like those zero-point energy people (cranks?), only it actually does give limitless replays of the same song, and the MAFIAA wants to be paid for every listen as if they are gods who created a universe where such a thing is possible. "We are the source of unlimited information!" Those old cassettes and CDs, those are the work of the devil, since they give the buyer way too much control over the content, allowing them to listen to it however many times they want without any negative consequences. With digital, that centuries-old loophole might be closed once and for all. </rant>
What if someone else violated the license and made a stripped version of the code available, without any references to the original author? How in general can one tell whether one is getting the original code with intact copyright notices?
"But now, researchers from the University of California at Berkeley have found a new way to convert this wasted heat into electricity [...]. So far, this method of creating electricity creation is in its very early stage, but if it can scale up to mass production it may lead to a new and inexpensive source of energy."
In other words, the "but now" is unwarranted, since there's still waste heat and no practical way to harness it. Until then, it's just "Researchers are attempting a practical way to waste less heat."
I haven't even touched on the excessive use of "but", "could", "may", etc. in recent summaries.
More advantages of two smaller monitors (hypothetical, as I only use one CRT monitor):
* If one fails, you still have the other in the meantime.
* You can upgrade them separately
* If you ever need another monitor for another machine, you have it
* You can turn one off if you're doing light work
* Smaller flat-panels are probably cheaper per square inch, because of a lower defect rate and higher demand (more volume of product)
Did it go up in a cloud of steam when it was Slashdotted?
"But frankly, I see every immoral act as an act of theft. [...] Lying is theft of truth."
Your concept is a theft of meaning from the word "theft".