"with some judges now confiscating all phones and computers from jurors when they enter the courtroom."
What makes me wonder is why people would bring these things in the first place. I can understand why someone would bring a cell phone (since we bring cell phones everywhere), but why on earth would you need a computer when doing Jury duty? Or are they considering smartphones to be computers?
The only virtual-server setup that I've seen involves a separate (dedicated) IP address for each virtual domain on the server.
If you set up a free account with some web-host that gives you a subdomain, then yes, you would run into this problem, but any decent paid hosting plan (one that presumably involves a registered domain) gives said domain a separate IP.
Removing the main DNS entry is really quite pointless: anyone who really wants to get to the site can just enter the IP into the browser. DNS is simply "syntactic sugar" to make websites easier to remember.
While it's true that removing a DNS entry will stop a lot of people from getting to the site at first, eventually the IP will start going around, and anyone who really wants to will be able to access it again.
You know, I always wondered: is that a blanket statement? If you sign a contract, is it legally binding no matter what is inside it?
For example is it possible to have someone sign a contract telling them that if they don't make a house payment they lose their citizenship, would that hold up in a court of law?
Everyone treats the contract as this magical piece of paper that makes any action legal as long as it's signed properly, but I don't think that's so.
I imagine that image/ad blocking plugins for browsers would become quite popular, and most major companies would likely restructure their websites to be smaller.
Youtube and Netflix on-demand would become much less popular.
Slashdot doesn't (as far as I know) strip HTML. So if you wrote an arrow using the less-than sign it got passed straight to your browser and got parsed as the beginning of a tag.
Tracking done on the server side relies on environment variables that the server gets by querying the browser. If the browser refuses to give those variables, tracking can't be done.
Say there are 10,000 copies of a certain book printed. You buy one, read it, then lend it to a friend. There are still 10,000 copies of said book in existence.
Now say a certain movie puts out 10,000 copies to DVD. You rip the DVD to your computer and send that file to a friend. There are now 10,001 copies of the movie in existence (actually 10,002 since you made one for yourself).
Therein lies the difference.
And sellers of physical goods are actively working on ways to prevent you from lending or even selling things like books and game CDs to others.
Easy for game CDs (DRM), and eBooks, but I can't see this working for standard paper books.
Back during the Dark Ages most of Europe only supported the church because they would be killed (or excommunicated) if they didn't. Would you say they were all bad people?
After you spent even more money to get accessories that are already present on every other device in the market. Slashdotters aren't happy with the device because it adds completely unnecessary hurdles to use, a USB port with USB host on it would solve the vast majority of complaints.
The only complaints I have heard are from people trying to do things that they shouldn't expect to be able to do. Honestly, an iPad is a giant iPhone. It's limited. If you really really want a USB/firewire/ability for linux kernel, buy a netbook. Sure, smaller screen size, and usually no touchscreen, but they are also on average about $200-$300 cheaper than an iPad.
IMO if you buy an iPad you should realize that it is limited, and consider that before putting down the cash.
When you lend a hardback (or softback) book to a friend, or a DVD, or a CD, you do not have the ability to utilize that book/DVD/CD while your friend is using it, until they give it back to you, in which case they would be unable to use it anymore.
B) I bet if I asked some asshole 200 years ago what "Piracy" was, it would not be as you suggest. Too bad I don't own a time machine.
If enough people decide a word means something different, then its official definition is modified to include that different something.
Best example of this generation: the word "gay" used to commonly mean "happy". The definition has changed because enough people started using it to mean something else.
Not to say that the old meaning of the word does not apply. There are indeed real "pirates" that board ships and take plunder and such, but the definition of the word has been extended to include other meanings. This ability to redefine and come up with new words is how language keeps up with the rest of the world.
As someone else has already noted, this only works if the website you are visiting is willing to abide by those policies.
Do Not Call list is one thing-those calls usually originate from companies that are based in the US (even if the call center is not), and it is also fairly easy to realize if someone has called you in violation of this list.
It is more difficult for a website. How do they expect to enforce this on a website owned by a company that is not US? In addition, its a lot harder to tell if a website has tracked you. Those who know how to check if they are being tracked know enough to block the tracking, and don't need this list in the first place.
Google Analytics is used by site owners for measuring traffic on a site. Based on what it is supposed to do, I doubt anyone who has paid attention to the news recently would be surprised that Google archives that data too. It is DESIGNED to be doing this sort of thing. I think the surprise here for most people is that the "like" button appears to be just a simple innocent image-no one suspects that it would be logging website traffic.
You don't need an App store to distribute your App with Apple. You can use Enterprise or Ad Hoc.
Ad-hoc only allows your app to be installed on a certain number of devices (I think the limit is 100?). It is meant for testing, or maybe custom software for a small business, not any serious attempt at deployment.
Why not?
I don't agree with some of Apple's policies on the app store, but I think that is their right, as designers of iOS.
If there was no other alternatives then I might see a problem, but the iPhone is not the only smartphone by far.
If you don't like how Apple manages their platform then don't buy the phone. That's how capitalism works.
pissing off one's oppressors is a good thing in itself.
How is that a good thing? If you mean oppressors in a figurative manner, making someone angry doesn't make you more right, and often it causes your side to lose support. If you mean literal oppressors, then pissing them off usually just ends up causing greater oppression.
Anonymous and the Pirate Party are fighting a law. Laws are not repealed by going out and breaking more laws.
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"with some judges now confiscating all phones and computers from jurors when they enter the courtroom."
What makes me wonder is why people would bring these things in the first place. I can understand why someone would bring a cell phone (since we bring cell phones everywhere), but why on earth would you need a computer when doing Jury duty? Or are they considering smartphones to be computers?
Sure, then someone would finally come up with a working fusion reactor and wham! Inflation makes all your "energy money" useless.
It would be helpful if browser makers woul have bookmarks remember the IP address and the domain name, and display them.
That would be very useful, I agree.
The only virtual-server setup that I've seen involves a separate (dedicated) IP address for each virtual domain on the server.
If you set up a free account with some web-host that gives you a subdomain, then yes, you would run into this problem, but any decent paid hosting plan (one that presumably involves a registered domain) gives said domain a separate IP.
I do agree with you on absolute paths though...
Removing the main DNS entry is really quite pointless: anyone who really wants to get to the site can just enter the IP into the browser. DNS is simply "syntactic sugar" to make websites easier to remember.
While it's true that removing a DNS entry will stop a lot of people from getting to the site at first, eventually the IP will start going around, and anyone who really wants to will be able to access it again.
You know, I always wondered: is that a blanket statement? If you sign a contract, is it legally binding no matter what is inside it?
For example is it possible to have someone sign a contract telling them that if they don't make a house payment they lose their citizenship, would that hold up in a court of law?
Everyone treats the contract as this magical piece of paper that makes any action legal as long as it's signed properly, but I don't think that's so.
The article mentions embryonic stem cells at the end, so it's probably a fair guess that's what they are using.
I imagine that image/ad blocking plugins for browsers would become quite popular, and most major companies would likely restructure their websites to be smaller.
Youtube and Netflix on-demand would become much less popular.
Does anyone know what happened to the guy who leaked those diplomatic transcripts?
Weird, it showed my arrows in the preview...
Slashdot doesn't (as far as I know) strip HTML. So if you wrote an arrow using the less-than sign it got passed straight to your browser and got parsed as the beginning of a tag.
Tracking done on the server side relies on environment variables that the server gets by querying the browser. If the browser refuses to give those variables, tracking can't be done.
Why? When you can buy an Archos for half as much and achieve all of the same functionality and them some and in the same easy to use interface.
I am wondering if you even read my post... That's exactly what I said in the last line.
My point is that it's ridiculous to complain about the things that the iPad can't do because it's not meant to do those things.
Radio stations are certainly still around, but it's pretty clear it is no longer the "era of radio"
Now say a certain movie puts out 10,000 copies to DVD. You rip the DVD to your computer and send that file to a friend. There are now 10,001 copies of the movie in existence (actually 10,002 since you made one for yourself).
Therein lies the difference.
And sellers of physical goods are actively working on ways to prevent you from lending or even selling things like books and game CDs to others.
Easy for game CDs (DRM), and eBooks, but I can't see this working for standard paper books.
Back during the Dark Ages most of Europe only supported the church because they would be killed (or excommunicated) if they didn't. Would you say they were all bad people?
After you spent even more money to get accessories that are already present on every other device in the market. Slashdotters aren't happy with the device because it adds completely unnecessary hurdles to use, a USB port with USB host on it would solve the vast majority of complaints.
The only complaints I have heard are from people trying to do things that they shouldn't expect to be able to do. Honestly, an iPad is a giant iPhone. It's limited. If you really really want a USB/firewire/ability for linux kernel, buy a netbook. Sure, smaller screen size, and usually no touchscreen, but they are also on average about $200-$300 cheaper than an iPad.
IMO if you buy an iPad you should realize that it is limited, and consider that before putting down the cash.
When you lend a hardback (or softback) book to a friend, or a DVD, or a CD, you do not have the ability to utilize that book/DVD/CD while your friend is using it, until they give it back to you, in which case they would be unable to use it anymore.
B) I bet if I asked some asshole 200 years ago what "Piracy" was, it would not be as you suggest. Too bad I don't own a time machine.
If enough people decide a word means something different, then its official definition is modified to include that different something. Best example of this generation: the word "gay" used to commonly mean "happy". The definition has changed because enough people started using it to mean something else.
Not to say that the old meaning of the word does not apply. There are indeed real "pirates" that board ships and take plunder and such, but the definition of the word has been extended to include other meanings. This ability to redefine and come up with new words is how language keeps up with the rest of the world.
As someone else has already noted, this only works if the website you are visiting is willing to abide by those policies. Do Not Call list is one thing-those calls usually originate from companies that are based in the US (even if the call center is not), and it is also fairly easy to realize if someone has called you in violation of this list. It is more difficult for a website. How do they expect to enforce this on a website owned by a company that is not US? In addition, its a lot harder to tell if a website has tracked you. Those who know how to check if they are being tracked know enough to block the tracking, and don't need this list in the first place.
Google Analytics is used by site owners for measuring traffic on a site. Based on what it is supposed to do, I doubt anyone who has paid attention to the news recently would be surprised that Google archives that data too. It is DESIGNED to be doing this sort of thing. I think the surprise here for most people is that the "like" button appears to be just a simple innocent image-no one suspects that it would be logging website traffic.
You don't need an App store to distribute your App with Apple. You can use Enterprise or Ad Hoc.
Ad-hoc only allows your app to be installed on a certain number of devices (I think the limit is 100?). It is meant for testing, or maybe custom software for a small business, not any serious attempt at deployment.
And what if the US Government wasn't the source of the DDoS?
Doesn't really matter. People THINK they are, regardless if they are or not.
Because if they did people would probably try to eat them...
Why not? I don't agree with some of Apple's policies on the app store, but I think that is their right, as designers of iOS. If there was no other alternatives then I might see a problem, but the iPhone is not the only smartphone by far. If you don't like how Apple manages their platform then don't buy the phone. That's how capitalism works.
pissing off one's oppressors is a good thing in itself.
How is that a good thing? If you mean oppressors in a figurative manner, making someone angry doesn't make you more right, and often it causes your side to lose support. If you mean literal oppressors, then pissing them off usually just ends up causing greater oppression. Anonymous and the Pirate Party are fighting a law. Laws are not repealed by going out and breaking more laws.