It used to be "mensch" (and propably "het-zelvde") a few hunderd years ago. Languages just evolve to get rid of useless crap. Dutch is just a horrible illogical language and the purists keep adding silly stuff instead of making it more logical.
"Is this a joke ? A rhetorical question ? Would you ? Do you ?"
It is question that should stimulate you to think about
"Close approximations to... ? Replaced ! Replaced ! How will that happen ? Some process surely is at work here, but what ? What could it be ?"
See the sentence that you snipped, it relates to classical mechanics. Those laws work great for your everyday use, people believed in them. The relativity stuff replaces it for more general use.
So you believe anything a person in a lab coat tells you, even if you personally can't reproduce it? You may replace anything by most if you'd like. So why trust a man in a labcoat but not one dressed in a priests robe?
Just look at the history of physics, it all started with observation and the BELIEVE there is a mathematical rule (think Newton and the apple tree). The results are close apprioximations that may get replaced over time when someone thinks up some better ones.
How about nfsroot? You only need a (custom) kernel to boot from the machine (floppy, network or even hd), a small (custom per arch. ramdisk) and a centralized nfs exported root. IMHO much more simple than use DOS, but I you are set in your ways and it works: don't fix if it ain't broken.
"When you buy a Hollywood movie for $10, you make a legally binding promise not to copy and distribute that movie. You can't claim ignorance of that fact -- there's an obtrusive copyright notice printed on the outside of the package, not to mention the annoying 15-second FBI copyright warning within the movie itself."
I call BS. The warning says: don't make illegal copies.
Now if a copy is illegal is totally dependend on applicable copyrightlaw.
For me that means:
I can make copies for personal use.
Exceptions:
-for computersoftware use and copying a license is needed
-I may not break any copyprotection scheme
So to het back to the start of the thread: It's legal for someone in the Netherlands to download/view e.g. movies (from anywhere), it's illegal to download/use any computersoftware without license and it's illegal to do actions prohibited by that license.
If a media fails, you lose everything on the disk. Now imagine having everything on 1 or 2 disc vs. having 1 disk per movie/album/season/whatever.
I had a hd crash a couple of weeks ago, losing all my ripped music at once. So I'm in the process of reripping it again (in better quality this time), imagine the horror when I found of of the CDs covered with scratches and even holes (due to BAD handling). The result of it was that the cheap DVDROM in my desktop couldn't read the last 3 tracks without errors. Luckily the inventors of redbook thought about that, so after digging up an UltraPlex SCSI cdrom cdparanoia managed to read the whole disk without any errors.
Just an example to illustrate that in many cases seperate disks are very much appreciated to minimize the loss of data due to media errors. Sure you can use autopsy to try to save your data on a HD, but that would be much more costly than just buying that 1 cd again.
You could have fooled me then. The FA clearly mentioned that in Germany and France *telecom operators* (Vodaphone and SFR) are looking into it, these are not members of the UN.
BTW please remember me which government is trying to censor the.xxx tld!
The EUCD doesn't forbid to make a backup. It only makes it illegal to break copy protection mechanisms.
Nothing is stopping you from doing an analog backup (just like in the pre-CD era). I guess if you have the right equipment you can make a nearly losless conversion.
But copyright infringement is the eg act of unauthorized duplication, a tracker doesn't duplicate anything. The uploader is facilitating it not the tracker.
We could even use/. for the same practices as the piratebay: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:IWPLDJ5VGCLZESDIU62FJEPPYZR5G7 QE (AFAIK this torrent is not infringing anything)
I don't know the facts but heard this one before: Norway and other non EU countries (see EEA/EFTA) have to implement some EU laws to harmonize trade (laws). In effect they get the ("bad") stuff but don't have a voice (EU parliament/commisions). It looks like the Swiss were smarter this time.
"This may be true but, I'd be surprised if it really were. I thought only the US had the DMCA."
Most of the EU has the concept of the DCMA implemented, only then it's called EUCD. Even some non EU countries have to implement this, propably due to EEA/EFTA agreements.
BTW a simple way to get headers: lynx -head -dump URL
or the live http header plugin for Fire*
or (t)ethereal/tcpdump (keep it up to date for the same reason as above)
I'd really like to hear your facts about the less innovative and usefulness of a KDE/Gnome install vs. Windows XP (which one BTW). I'll give you the less organized, but that is because of all the stuff that gets installed with it compared to any Windows XP.
So please enlighten us and tell what exactly prevents spyware/virus/worm/trojans on a unix(like) OS?
My opinion is: There is nothing special in Linux/unix that prevents the same threats, the biggest difference at the moment is the user.
Take a look at current threats, most of them depend on either social engineering or are based on holes that could have been patched for months.
Take these gullible users who just don't care to (or even know about) patch and you have an instant fertile base for the same hell we see now on the win32 platform.
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It used to be "mensch" (and propably "het-zelvde") a few hunderd years ago. Languages just evolve to get rid of useless crap. Dutch is just a horrible illogical language and the purists keep adding silly stuff instead of making it more logical.
"Do I ? Have you any evidence of this ?"
... ? Replaced ! Replaced ! How will that happen ? Some process surely is at work here, but what ? What could it be ?"
The '?' means that the sentence was a question.
"Is this a joke ? A rhetorical question ? Would you ? Do you ?"
It is question that should stimulate you to think about
"Close approximations to
See the sentence that you snipped, it relates to classical mechanics. Those laws work great for your everyday use, people believed in them. The relativity stuff replaces it for more general use.
Ehhhh, these private religious/special intrests schools are specifically there to teach how to behave (morale).
So you believe anything a person in a lab coat tells you, even if you personally can't reproduce it? You may replace anything by most if you'd like. So why trust a man in a labcoat but not one dressed in a priests robe?
Just look at the history of physics, it all started with observation and the BELIEVE there is a mathematical rule (think Newton and the apple tree). The results are close apprioximations that may get replaced over time when someone thinks up some better ones.
How about nfsroot? You only need a (custom) kernel to boot from the machine (floppy, network or even hd), a small (custom per arch. ramdisk) and a centralized nfs exported root. IMHO much more simple than use DOS, but I you are set in your ways and it works: don't fix if it ain't broken.
"When you buy a Hollywood movie for $10, you make a legally binding promise not to copy and distribute that movie. You can't claim ignorance of that fact -- there's an obtrusive copyright notice printed on the outside of the package, not to mention the annoying 15-second FBI copyright warning within the movie itself."
I call BS. The warning says: don't make illegal copies.
Now if a copy is illegal is totally dependend on applicable copyrightlaw.
For me that means:
I can make copies for personal use.
Exceptions:
-for computersoftware use and copying a license is needed
-I may not break any copyprotection scheme
So to het back to the start of the thread:
It's legal for someone in the Netherlands to download/view e.g. movies (from anywhere), it's illegal to download/use any computersoftware without license and it's illegal to do actions prohibited by that license.
New statistical evidence coming soon:
Firefox (slows) down(s) webservers
If a media fails, you lose everything on the disk. Now imagine having everything on 1 or 2 disc vs. having 1 disk per movie/album/season/whatever.
I had a hd crash a couple of weeks ago, losing all my ripped music at once. So I'm in the process of reripping it again (in better quality this time), imagine the horror when I found of of the CDs covered with scratches and even holes (due to BAD handling). The result of it was that the cheap DVDROM in my desktop couldn't read the last 3 tracks without errors. Luckily the inventors of redbook thought about that, so after digging up an UltraPlex SCSI cdrom cdparanoia managed to read the whole disk without any errors.
Just an example to illustrate that in many cases seperate disks are very much appreciated to minimize the loss of data due to media errors. Sure you can use autopsy to try to save your data on a HD, but that would be much more costly than just buying that 1 cd again.
You will be really proud when you find out where Narus it's HQ is located.
So once again:
How is this anti competitive? There are many, many carriers. Customers how care can easily switch to $RANDOM_COMPETITOR.
"I'm not trying to start a flame war"
.xxx tld!
You could have fooled me then. The FA clearly mentioned that in Germany and France *telecom operators* (Vodaphone and SFR) are looking into it, these are not members of the UN.
BTW please remember me which government is trying to censor the
The EUCD doesn't forbid to make a backup. It only makes it illegal to break copy protection mechanisms.
Nothing is stopping you from doing an analog backup (just like in the pre-CD era). I guess if you have the right equipment you can make a nearly losless conversion.
The same can be said for things like the VCR.
/. for the same practices as the piratebay:7 QE
But copyright infringement is the eg act of unauthorized duplication, a tracker doesn't duplicate anything. The uploader is facilitating it not the tracker.
We could even use
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:IWPLDJ5VGCLZESDIU62FJEPPYZR5G
(AFAIK this torrent is not infringing anything)
"So how exactly does ThePirateBay get away with all they're doing anyways?"
Is what the piratebay is doing illegal anywhere?
I don't know the facts but heard this one before: Norway and other non EU countries (see EEA/EFTA) have to implement some EU laws to harmonize trade (laws). In effect they get the ("bad") stuff but don't have a voice (EU parliament/commisions). It looks like the Swiss were smarter this time.
It's funny alright, but only in a sad way.
"This may be true but, I'd be surprised if it really were. I thought only the US had the DMCA."
Most of the EU has the concept of the DCMA implemented, only then it's called EUCD. Even some non EU countries have to implement this, propably due to EEA/EFTA agreements.
"I'd happily pay for the downloads, but as long as that's not an option I'm sticking to eMule. *sigh*"
Why not just pay for the DVDs?
[insert complains about evil region codes and NTSC here]
This sounds like complete BS. Care to support your claim?
Maybe we could develop some kind of mechanism that transports messages between ours and other legacy proprietary networks.
"Ctrl-z would get pressed, and 'reset' would get typed."
t ion.txt
How naive, by then it could already be to late. Consider DSA 697-1: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-697
It's quiet shocking to find those kind of bugs in ancient programs. More info can be found for eg on http://www.digitaldefense.net/labs/papers/Termula
BTW a simple way to get headers:
lynx -head -dump URL
or
the live http header plugin for Fire*
or
(t)ethereal/tcpdump (keep it up to date for the same reason as above)
I'd consider telnetting to any port dangerous, imagine what could happen if the server started sending terminal control sequences.
I'd really like to hear your facts about the less innovative and usefulness of a KDE/Gnome install vs. Windows XP (which one BTW). I'll give you the less organized, but that is because of all the stuff that gets installed with it compared to any Windows XP.
But generosity is not only measured in absolute amounts of money.
So please enlighten us and tell what exactly prevents spyware/virus/worm/trojans on a unix(like) OS?
My opinion is:
There is nothing special in Linux/unix that prevents the same threats, the biggest difference at the moment is the user.
Take a look at current threats, most of them depend on either social engineering or are based on holes that could have been patched for months.
Take these gullible users who just don't care to (or even know about) patch and you have an instant fertile base for the same hell we see now on the win32 platform.