Copyright has nothing whatsoever to do with national security.
A copyright treaty has nothing whatsoever to do with national security.
What's in the treaty is all sorts of extradition clauses. So USDOJ can prosecute people from other countries, and they can do the same with our citizens.
They're planting all sorts of nasty clauses related to downloading of copyrighted materials. They're planning on implementing jail time for torrent users.
Using an unlicensed copy of windows will turn you in to the DOJ and add you to a watchlist. They will put monitors on your Internet access. You won't be able to keep your ISP because they will log your downloading of copyrighted materials and send those logs back to DOJ who will then prosecute you. They will setup a factory court system to handle all of the traffic. They will send people to jail claiming they had umpteen millions of dollars worth of illegally downloaded software and content such as music and movies.
It will be a grand spectacle. many will protest and the American people will label downloaders as thieves. They will try to link it to terrorism and the American people will swell with nationalism.
It's all well and good. But it simply cannot be sustained due to it's simple problem with philosophy. Only the uploaders are infringing copyright.
The "Josh" you're referring to has management pissing in their pants.
They let him get away without documenting one program and he'll keep his job forever.
He purposely obfuscates his work to prevent anyone else from doing it. Management knows he holds the keys and they are scared of him.
Management doesn't know much about programming.
On the flip-side, should you really maintain documentation that will make it easier for someone else to do your job? Professionally, yes. But the way employers treat programmers, I'd say Josh was ensuring his job security.
Seriously though I don't have a problem penalizing salesmen of M-Rated games to minors. That being said, I have a huge problem with anything Jack Thompson writes or proposes.
I also have a huge problem with Utah. The whole state is lost. They don't deserve the protections of the constitution while they drag their fake religion into the statehouse.
netflix has been throttling back lately. Especially on my 360, HD content always starts out as HD and then stops because the buffer runs out. My comcast cable is setup to burst the first x number of MB in any download or stream. So, I get 40-60Mbps for the first 20-30MB of the stream or download, and then it's down to 6Mbps. Netflix sees this as my internet connection slowing and turns down the bitrate dramatically. PC streaming was generally lower res than the 360 though.
I also discovered that the bitrate on my PC was being locked at 500Kbps. They have two different bitrates: The video playing bitrate and the buffering bitrate.
"The sentence being sought [underscores how serious the government is about punishing those for uploading pre-release material.]"
What were the charges?
Is copyright infringement really a criminal offense now?
Why is the government serious about punishing a guy who apparently disseminated copyrighted material, and not serious about an organization conspiring to fix prices, engage in a campaign of frivolous litigation, knowingly use evidence obtained illegally, and violate the 4th amendment by conducting illegal searches of protected computer systems without a warrant or permission.
Why is the government more serious about protecting industry from the people than protecting the people from industry?
The old school says you play hard and work hard while you're playing. You endure thousands of defeats until you gain the skill necessary to do well.
The new school is some 13 year old kid who plays for 9 hours a day and calls you a noob. Hence we now have things like quake-live's skill testing and Left 4 Dead's Director(who isn't always fair).
I like the idea of the old school, and I'm old enough to be a member, but I can't play for 9 hours a day like I used to do. Skill matching is good, but may ensure you never advance your skills.
Fox doesn't hate sci-fi. Fox hates paying for sci-fi. Sci-fi is expensive.
Fox used to ditch any show after a season if it wasn't an instant hit.
Then they realized they could sell DVDs of the shows at a profit.
It's better to have more profit than not. So Fox has started canceling shows after a season or two unless they're raving hits instantly.
They sell the DVDs and make a profit. It doesn't matter if we love the show. If America doesn't love it, it's gone.
The Sci-fi channel decided in the past 2 years to skip well written content in favor of B movies. They figure if it's got aliens and monsters, people will watch. Sci-fi channel thinks people are in it for the aliens and monsters, not the story or production value or plausibility.
and for all you fans of MST3K, it was not sci-fi. It was comedy. Get over yourselves.
I prefer the sound of vinyl myself. If I can't have vinyl, I prefer 24/96 DVD audio.
I can actually hear the difference. I have a great set of headphones and besides that, my ears can pick up a wider range than most humans.
That's part of why I'm a musician. I can hear better and have better pitch. I have an ear for beauty. These kids today don't even have ears for decent sounding music.
That being said, the sampling generation made lo-fi cool. Lo-fi is supposed to be retro cool and I find that to be bullshit. It's kids who just don't know any better because they have no appreciation for sound.
you could link prostate cancer to Japanese school girls.
They are using fuzzy language and blurring the boundaries between terrorism and organized crime.
In Russia, organized crime is responsible for computer fraud and makes several millions of dollars per year through extortion and phishing. I doubt they're selling DVDs.
In India and Malaysia, the newfound technical skills of the cheap labor force is being put to use in phishing attacks earning several millions of dollars per year. I would believe they are funding terrorism. I doubt they're selling DVDs.
In China, organized crime and/or the government (whose lines are already blurred) have institutionalized hacking. There is more spam sent from Chinese servers than anywhere else. I doubt there is terrorism being funded. They are definitely selling DVDs.
In Africa, organized crime, governments, and possibly terrorists are using sophisticated scams to steal money and merchandise from westerners. They are definitely NOT selling DVDs. Nigeria, the hub of fraud in Africa, has a booming film industry. It has very little piracy or counterfeiting.
When I download a movie from bit torrent, no money is changing hands. I'm not supporting either organized crime or terrorism. It's neither piracy nor counterfeiting. It is not stealing anything from anyone. I have not cost anyone anything. I did not break any laws. The guy who puts the movie on the Internet is definitely guilty of civil copyright infringement. Anyone would be quite hard pressed to prove that he funded terrorism. The links are smoke and mirrors. Organized crime thrives through fraud and computer crime. Terrorism thrives through benefactors and fraud.
This report is one very narrow point of view from a very long distance.
This is literally the same formula as Ace Combat 6. ubisoft have added the Clancy brand and co-op.
But it's the same game with the same gameplay. And for some reason in the demo I played on 360, the assist-off mode locks you to a single camera view which has no bearing on the action. It's like watching the action from an observer plane a mile away, except you're expected to fly that way like an RC plane.
I bought it for PC before I played the demo. if I had known, I might not have.
If the outsourced "technicians" refuse to use Symantec software to fix a problem, maybe it's because the software doesn't work all that well.
I have a friend who works as a Symantec contractor who has taken the company line and the hook and sinker too. He really believes the software is great.
I always advise my customers to avoid all Symantec branded products. Their software hasn't been great since my computer ran windows 3.11.
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base your battery life figures on full consumption specification of all the components at operating temperatures.
simple math which instantly gives you the worst case scenario, which is probably more reliable than current methods.
also provide a scaled estimate based on battery age from an average number of charges.
Copyright has nothing whatsoever to do with national security.
A copyright treaty has nothing whatsoever to do with national security.
What's in the treaty is all sorts of extradition clauses. So USDOJ can prosecute people from other countries, and they can do the same with our citizens.
They're planting all sorts of nasty clauses related to downloading of copyrighted materials. They're planning on implementing jail time for torrent users.
Using an unlicensed copy of windows will turn you in to the DOJ and add you to a watchlist. They will put monitors on your Internet access. You won't be able to keep your ISP because they will log your downloading of copyrighted materials and send those logs back to DOJ who will then prosecute you. They will setup a factory court system to handle all of the traffic. They will send people to jail claiming they had umpteen millions of dollars worth of illegally downloaded software and content such as music and movies.
It will be a grand spectacle. many will protest and the American people will label downloaders as thieves. They will try to link it to terrorism and the American people will swell with nationalism.
It's all well and good. But it simply cannot be sustained due to it's simple problem with philosophy. Only the uploaders are infringing copyright.
The "Josh" you're referring to has management pissing in their pants.
They let him get away without documenting one program and he'll keep his job forever.
He purposely obfuscates his work to prevent anyone else from doing it. Management knows he holds the keys and they are scared of him.
Management doesn't know much about programming.
On the flip-side, should you really maintain documentation that will make it easier for someone else to do your job? Professionally, yes. But the way employers treat programmers, I'd say Josh was ensuring his job security.
you are oversubscribed 70:1.
traffic shaping is not a tool to allow ISPs to juice every last dime out of a pipe.
It is there so sysadmins can keep traffic fair and also prioritize applications.
Your boss is mistaken. You have a contract with your customers you need to honor it.
Your boss seems unethical in asking you to place a technical band-aid on management's logistical problem.
I'm not saying that it's accurate, I'm just saying what my system tells me.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/430414855.png
I just ran that while replying.
I should also say that my cable runs over fiber until it gets to the neighborhood.
I don't have a docsis 3.0 modem and my service isn't docsis 3.0
comcast's sandvine tactics are fudging the numbers somewhere.
I'd even settle for guam or puerto rico.
Seriously though I don't have a problem penalizing salesmen of M-Rated games to minors. That being said, I have a huge problem with anything Jack Thompson writes or proposes.
I also have a huge problem with Utah. The whole state is lost. They don't deserve the protections of the constitution while they drag their fake religion into the statehouse.
netflix has been throttling back lately. Especially on my 360, HD content always starts out as HD and then stops because the buffer runs out. My comcast cable is setup to burst the first x number of MB in any download or stream. So, I get 40-60Mbps for the first 20-30MB of the stream or download, and then it's down to 6Mbps. Netflix sees this as my internet connection slowing and turns down the bitrate dramatically. PC streaming was generally lower res than the 360 though.
I also discovered that the bitrate on my PC was being locked at 500Kbps. They have two different bitrates: The video playing bitrate and the buffering bitrate.
What were the charges?
Is copyright infringement really a criminal offense now?
Why is the government serious about punishing a guy who apparently disseminated copyrighted material, and not serious about an organization conspiring to fix prices, engage in a campaign of frivolous litigation, knowingly use evidence obtained illegally, and violate the 4th amendment by conducting illegal searches of protected computer systems without a warrant or permission.
Why is the government more serious about protecting industry from the people than protecting the people from industry?
vmware is free, so is virtualbox and xen.
you would create the image yourself.
install a default XP machine and run IE on it.
really borin^H^H^H^H^H neat!
I use steam. I buy games.
I hate, hate, hate micropayments. I try to avoid them at all costs.
Even on my 360, I try to avoid micropayments.
People don't have a problem buying games. They have a problem buying games that cost $50 and up.
Steam knows that sale prices increase sales. It's now a proven trend.
100 sales at $50 isn't as good as 300 sales at $20.
posting a video on youtube does not grant viewers a royalty free license to use that content however they see fit.
That being said, the video was quite amazing.
If I start posting on youtube, I will preface all my videos with a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
The whole point is to not have to give out your real number!
I've been using grand central for about a year. I love it. It allows me to keep my cell number private.
I also use the G1 Central app for android. It is the best solution out there.
The old school says you play hard and work hard while you're playing. You endure thousands of defeats until you gain the skill necessary to do well.
The new school is some 13 year old kid who plays for 9 hours a day and calls you a noob. Hence we now have things like quake-live's skill testing and Left 4 Dead's Director(who isn't always fair).
I like the idea of the old school, and I'm old enough to be a member, but I can't play for 9 hours a day like I used to do. Skill matching is good, but may ensure you never advance your skills.
the French, Hatians, and Quebecois are all liars.
Fox doesn't hate sci-fi. Fox hates paying for sci-fi. Sci-fi is expensive.
Fox used to ditch any show after a season if it wasn't an instant hit.
Then they realized they could sell DVDs of the shows at a profit.
It's better to have more profit than not. So Fox has started canceling shows after a season or two unless they're raving hits instantly.
They sell the DVDs and make a profit. It doesn't matter if we love the show. If America doesn't love it, it's gone.
The Sci-fi channel decided in the past 2 years to skip well written content in favor of B movies. They figure if it's got aliens and monsters, people will watch. Sci-fi channel thinks people are in it for the aliens and monsters, not the story or production value or plausibility.
and for all you fans of MST3K, it was not sci-fi. It was comedy. Get over yourselves.
I prefer the sound of vinyl myself. If I can't have vinyl, I prefer 24/96 DVD audio.
I can actually hear the difference. I have a great set of headphones and besides that, my ears can pick up a wider range than most humans.
That's part of why I'm a musician. I can hear better and have better pitch. I have an ear for beauty. These kids today don't even have ears for decent sounding music.
That being said, the sampling generation made lo-fi cool. Lo-fi is supposed to be retro cool and I find that to be bullshit. It's kids who just don't know any better because they have no appreciation for sound.
since we can't remember how to make the 1980's era stuff, let's make something new and innovative.
really? We would rather have stuff from the 1980's?
you could link prostate cancer to Japanese school girls.
They are using fuzzy language and blurring the boundaries between terrorism and organized crime.
In Russia, organized crime is responsible for computer fraud and makes several millions of dollars per year through extortion and phishing. I doubt they're selling DVDs.
In India and Malaysia, the newfound technical skills of the cheap labor force is being put to use in phishing attacks earning several millions of dollars per year. I would believe they are funding terrorism. I doubt they're selling DVDs.
In China, organized crime and/or the government (whose lines are already blurred) have institutionalized hacking. There is more spam sent from Chinese servers than anywhere else. I doubt there is terrorism being funded. They are definitely selling DVDs.
In Africa, organized crime, governments, and possibly terrorists are using sophisticated scams to steal money and merchandise from westerners. They are definitely NOT selling DVDs. Nigeria, the hub of fraud in Africa, has a booming film industry. It has very little piracy or counterfeiting.
When I download a movie from bit torrent, no money is changing hands. I'm not supporting either organized crime or terrorism. It's neither piracy nor counterfeiting. It is not stealing anything from anyone. I have not cost anyone anything. I did not break any laws. The guy who puts the movie on the Internet is definitely guilty of civil copyright infringement. Anyone would be quite hard pressed to prove that he funded terrorism. The links are smoke and mirrors. Organized crime thrives through fraud and computer crime. Terrorism thrives through benefactors and fraud.
This report is one very narrow point of view from a very long distance.
This is literally the same formula as Ace Combat 6. ubisoft have added the Clancy brand and co-op.
But it's the same game with the same gameplay. And for some reason in the demo I played on 360, the assist-off mode locks you to a single camera view which has no bearing on the action. It's like watching the action from an observer plane a mile away, except you're expected to fly that way like an RC plane.
I bought it for PC before I played the demo. if I had known, I might not have.
If the outsourced "technicians" refuse to use Symantec software to fix a problem, maybe it's because the software doesn't work all that well.
I have a friend who works as a Symantec contractor who has taken the company line and the hook and sinker too. He really believes the software is great.
I always advise my customers to avoid all Symantec branded products. Their software hasn't been great since my computer ran windows 3.11.
you mean taking tortilla out of the bocas of el hijos of every assembly-line worker in mexico.
developers != publishers
publishers are 9 times out of 10 owned by larger media conglomerates.
the few who aren't, have abandoned the art.
to a doctor. They can try all they want, but it won't hold up in court.
No one should be telling anyone else what they can and can't do with their own property.
If I want to sell a game I bought, I will. Just because the market for it may cut the industries profits makes no legitimate reason.
Used cars are sold all the time. It has no bearing on new car sales. If those people could afford a new car, they would buy one.
Same goes for games. Albeit, you're not getting a completely new car every time it changes hands.