Wow, excellent spam, the first portion of your comment actually had real substance. Louis CK is one of my favorite comedians and has certainly had great success with his own digital distribution. People love cheap, high quality, DRM-free media.
How is a contract between the theatre and the MPAA "force"? The theatre doesn't have to agree, and the MPAA doesn't have to licence them the movie. I hate the MPAA, believe me, but that's nonsense.
The artificially limited computers will be hacked and there will be open-source hardware. Computers have been around for too long, the damage is done. Anyone who tries to get in the way will be trampled -- possibly resulting in great short-term hardship for the citizenry, but in the long run I don't see how we can lose.
He's one of those people who thinks his IP address and Gmail cookies shouldn't be conflated with real evidence. Roommates and friends have left their computers open around me all the time -- or used to, till I made sure they learned from their mistakes -- and I could easily have torrented something or done anything else questionable and it would be impossible to tell that it was me and not them.
This has nothing to do with randomness. For example, you could use numbers that are random (or as good as random) by sampling background radiation and still run into the same issue. The problem lies in the fact that those samples need to be shared. You can't log in if the server isn't using the exact same number sequence as your token. The seed provides the means to get the number sequence; replacing the seed with the data from your radiation sampler might be good in that it's probably harder to hackers to access, but it doesn't change the fundamental nature of the issue.
Funny, but "no detectable DNA damage" is not the same as "no DNA damage or other side effects". This study would need to be much longer term and need to look for more than obvious DNA damage for me to trust it, personally. It was only 5 weeks!
I hold out hope that this will be possible in the very distant future, but there's a few giant problems to overcome: (1) Syncing trillions of atoms at the same time (2) Having the raw materials and movining them into place (3) Being able to determine the state of trillions of atoms at the same time.
I agree it's a stupid question, but "authorities can do and be trusted to do whatever they want", which is what you seem to be implying, is equally stupid.
"We could all come up with scenarios" is not an argument. If it's so easy, then post an actual situation! I challenge anyone to come up with one that is remotely realistic. "The terrorists are using it to coordinate their efforts" falls down on a number of points: If you know that, you've intercepted the calls, and can just block or track the individuals! If you know their plans, you're one step ahead of where you would be if you shut down the network and have no idea about their fallbacks. If you cut the networks, emergency response is massively hindered. Etc., etc., etc.
Yeah, it should always be never. In what situation would shutting down the cell networks be appropriate? Never mind the fact that government officials are obviously willing to use this merely to suppress free speech, so the process can't possibly be acceptable.
IMHO, there are very few people who pirate things they would be willing to pay for if there was no pirated copy. Every movie I really want to see in a theater I go to see in a theater. There are plenty of movies I would never see in a theater but I have some mild interest in, and those I torrent. Some of those end up being great because my impression was wrong, and I occasionally end up going to see it a second time in a theater! In other words, my pirating never loses anyone money, and occasionally helps them gain money. I think that's the same for most people. (On a related topic, what kind of idiot pays $5 to rent a movie when you can get a vastly better experience for $8 at a theater? I can understand how torrenting DVD rips might hurt DVD sales and rentals, but personally I would never rent DVDs so I'm not causing them to lose money there either.)
So it will be the vendor or its employees selling your data instead. Or perhaps the government will force them to scan for any terrorist plots you might have been concocting before forcing them to wipe the drives.
This figure actually seems extremely low. 90% of people know how to properly wipe their drives? Yeah right. And there's essential 0 risk in stealing data off a drive you legitimately own or find in the garbage -- not so for screwing around at work.
"Independent" is a bit strong of a term, given that even if they were perfectly efficient they would need an external source to actual *generate* electricity instead of just maintain their energy. That said, I would assume they would funnel the light back unless (1) it interfered with letting the external light in or (2) it was of a wavelength that was poorly absorbed by the panels anyways.
If everyone stops using Windows then there will be no Windows worms, and the next popular OS will be targeted. That's economics. It's been shown repeatedly that Windows is more secure than Mac OS, just for example. Let's not argue about Linux. In fact, let's not argue about the fact that people should stop being stupid about security. The platform is really not as relevant.
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Um, why exactly can't HBO sell cable-less subscriptions to their own service?
Wow, excellent spam, the first portion of your comment actually had real substance. Louis CK is one of my favorite comedians and has certainly had great success with his own digital distribution. People love cheap, high quality, DRM-free media.
Lol, mod parent funny, well played
Well said sir.
How is a contract between the theatre and the MPAA "force"? The theatre doesn't have to agree, and the MPAA doesn't have to licence them the movie. I hate the MPAA, believe me, but that's nonsense.
The artificially limited computers will be hacked and there will be open-source hardware. Computers have been around for too long, the damage is done. Anyone who tries to get in the way will be trampled -- possibly resulting in great short-term hardship for the citizenry, but in the long run I don't see how we can lose.
As per the comment below, use Peerblock. Like all blacklists it's not perfect, but it will greatly reduce your chances of getting caught.
He's one of those people who thinks his IP address and Gmail cookies shouldn't be conflated with real evidence. Roommates and friends have left their computers open around me all the time -- or used to, till I made sure they learned from their mistakes -- and I could easily have torrented something or done anything else questionable and it would be impossible to tell that it was me and not them.
This has nothing to do with randomness. For example, you could use numbers that are random (or as good as random) by sampling background radiation and still run into the same issue. The problem lies in the fact that those samples need to be shared. You can't log in if the server isn't using the exact same number sequence as your token. The seed provides the means to get the number sequence; replacing the seed with the data from your radiation sampler might be good in that it's probably harder to hackers to access, but it doesn't change the fundamental nature of the issue.
Funny, but "no detectable DNA damage" is not the same as "no DNA damage or other side effects". This study would need to be much longer term and need to look for more than obvious DNA damage for me to trust it, personally. It was only 5 weeks!
I hold out hope that this will be possible in the very distant future, but there's a few giant problems to overcome: (1) Syncing trillions of atoms at the same time (2) Having the raw materials and movining them into place (3) Being able to determine the state of trillions of atoms at the same time.
I agree it's a stupid question, but "authorities can do and be trusted to do whatever they want", which is what you seem to be implying, is equally stupid.
"We could all come up with scenarios" is not an argument. If it's so easy, then post an actual situation! I challenge anyone to come up with one that is remotely realistic. "The terrorists are using it to coordinate their efforts" falls down on a number of points: If you know that, you've intercepted the calls, and can just block or track the individuals! If you know their plans, you're one step ahead of where you would be if you shut down the network and have no idea about their fallbacks. If you cut the networks, emergency response is massively hindered. Etc., etc., etc.
Yeah, it should always be never. In what situation would shutting down the cell networks be appropriate? Never mind the fact that government officials are obviously willing to use this merely to suppress free speech, so the process can't possibly be acceptable.
IMHO, there are very few people who pirate things they would be willing to pay for if there was no pirated copy. Every movie I really want to see in a theater I go to see in a theater. There are plenty of movies I would never see in a theater but I have some mild interest in, and those I torrent. Some of those end up being great because my impression was wrong, and I occasionally end up going to see it a second time in a theater! In other words, my pirating never loses anyone money, and occasionally helps them gain money. I think that's the same for most people. (On a related topic, what kind of idiot pays $5 to rent a movie when you can get a vastly better experience for $8 at a theater? I can understand how torrenting DVD rips might hurt DVD sales and rentals, but personally I would never rent DVDs so I'm not causing them to lose money there either.)
No it doesn't.
By the same logic, you would say that your ISP is accountable for the actions of those who use their service. A ridiculous notion.
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And you have proof of this?
It's *not* opposite day today, you mean. Or don't mean? I'm confused ... or not.
So it will be the vendor or its employees selling your data instead. Or perhaps the government will force them to scan for any terrorist plots you might have been concocting before forcing them to wipe the drives.
This figure actually seems extremely low. 90% of people know how to properly wipe their drives? Yeah right. And there's essential 0 risk in stealing data off a drive you legitimately own or find in the garbage -- not so for screwing around at work.
"Independent" is a bit strong of a term, given that even if they were perfectly efficient they would need an external source to actual *generate* electricity instead of just maintain their energy. That said, I would assume they would funnel the light back unless (1) it interfered with letting the external light in or (2) it was of a wavelength that was poorly absorbed by the panels anyways.
If everyone stops using Windows then there will be no Windows worms, and the next popular OS will be targeted. That's economics. It's been shown repeatedly that Windows is more secure than Mac OS, just for example. Let's not argue about Linux. In fact, let's not argue about the fact that people should stop being stupid about security. The platform is really not as relevant.
I always give pedos access to my vibration sensors.