I hate to say it, but those Belgians had it coming. Before you blindly mod this down as a troll, hear me out!
We've all pretty much extablished that 'sharing' copyrighted music is illegal. Not only in USia, but in most countries around the world. If I recall, there's only two countries that do not observe US copyright law.
According to the article, the police only arrested those "who had been clearly warned yet persevered with the practice." so they sure as hell couldn't have claimed ignorance.
I know most slashdot readers are long-haired freedom zealots, but can someone please explain to me how this is in any way surprising. Look at the facts, people: You're stealing. It doesn't matter whether you're stealing MP3's from recording artists, or you're stealing physical items from retail stores, the fact of the matter is, It's still stealing. If you steal from a store, the store is the victim. If you mug someone on the street, the person you mugged is the victim. If you steal MP3's, the recording artist who invested a great deal of time and money into their art is the victim. As long as the crime causes anyone hardship, it must be stopped!
WTF? IMHO, Maxtor makes the best IDE hard drives available right now. This article on Tom's Hardware rates the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus at the top of the list!
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I agree completely, investors got greedy with their desire for a quick buck. It's sad when you can make millions of dollars jusb by adding a shiny "dotcom" to the end of your company's name. I don't think we're heading into any sort of recession, though. The market is just coming down to more realistic levels. Sad about the layoffs though, but most of these people are highly skilled in their field and shouldn't have too much trouble finding a new job. Best of luck to any of you out there reading.
"I think it all should boil down to experience..."
The amount of experience one has is directly related to the age of that person. You're in college which means you're most likely >22 years old. You've probably got a couple of years of higher education and a couple of years of on-the-job experience. Most older people in your workplace most likely have completed their degree and 5+ years of IT/programming experience. You're not being limited because of your age, but because you don't have as much experience as older people in your workplace. You also probably like sitting around in yo' low-rider drinkin 40's with some bitches 'n' ho's.
The Mona Lisa (while priceless) is not a marketable product and The Louvre does not stand to lose any money from your sketch of their painting.
Apple does. Millions of users are familar with the "look and feel" of MacOS and as a result, that "look and feel" is an incentive for consumers to purchase Apple products.
how can someone do this with the "look and feel" of their products?
Simple. Let's say I like the "look and feel" of your website and decide that I'm going to use your design that you came up with on my page. Yep, that's right, I just click View Source, and copy and paste the html, changing nothing but the content. You probably wouldn't be too happy about that, would you? That's exactly what's happening to Apple. Apple pioneered the GUI, and they deserve to have other people respect their creations. Apple's R&D team probably spent several million dollars designing the interface for OSX, and it would be wrong for some other company to snatch it up without paying Apple it's dues. That is why we have law's to prevent this.
The same scenerio occured several years ago when eMachines copied Apple's design for the iMac in their eOne computer. The courts ruled that Apple owned the design of the iMac and eMachines was forced to stop production of the eOne. You open-source zealots can be raving lunatics sometimes. Not everything is free for the taking.
Not to sound critical, but over 50% of the posts in your user info are nothing more than anti-spam propaganda. A less understanding person might consider this type of repetitive posting of the same information to be spam itself.
"This means at least 5GB of data transfer per mailing action."
and later
"It wouldn't be so much of a problem if they PAID to send their junk"
If you know where I can get 5GB of bandwidth for free, please let me know.
"There is no fix on the number of junkmails one gets"
Yes there is. You willingly publish your e-mail address in public forums such as Slashdot, therefore you are encouraging anyone who reads this forum, including spammers, to e-mail you. If you don't want to receive e-mails, don't post your e-mail address. There are also numerous filtering software applications available that can reduce the amount of bulk mail you will receive.
First of all, let me apologize to you for the unfair moderation done to your previous posts. It is truly a sad day for this weblog when a reasonable, thoughtful, ontopic conversation gets modded down by idiot moderators.
I don't advocate or condone the actions of spammers. Yes, in some cases, spam can cause inconvenience, and uses resources and bandwidth, but the whole idea behind the Internet was to create a medium to communicate thoughts and ideas to a set of people that, for geographic or other reasons, would not not otherwise be able to communicate. While I don't always agree with the messages sent out by spammers, I defend their right to say what they please and to try and sell my their product/idea. It is also my right to delete spam/set up blocking software/ and flat out refuse spammers offers. I would much rather deal with ~10 junk mails per day than give up some of my other rights by having the Internet regulated and monitored to prevent spam. Sometimes the solution is worse than the problem. I also do not understand your almost cultlike hatred of spam. Perhaps I'm missing something, but I would much rather stand up for a cause that acutally *means something*. Instead of fighting for my protection from something like spam that causes me a minor inconvenience, I would like to see more people do something to make a real and tangible difference. Volunteer at a local soup kitchen, become a mentor to an at-risk youth, or donate a day of your time to help Habitat for Humanity built housing for low income families. It just seems to me that any of the above would do more to make the world a better place than hunting down spammers would.
Disclaimer: I do not, nor have I ever sent bulk unsolicited e-mails. My previous posts reflect my opinions so please don't flame me.
I'm going to assume that you were irate when you wrote the parent and ignore the numerous spelling and grammatical errors in your post.
"I don't call 30 spams a day a minor inconience
SPAM is not free speach
these people are abusing resources"
So you run your own mail server? Let's assume the average spam is 2k in size and you receive 30/day. It will take less than 15 seconds to pull these through a 56k line. That's assuming you *don't* have any server side blocking software installed, which, if you hate spam as much as you claim, would be a prudent choice. I would say ~90% of the spam I receive is easily recognizable by the subject line alone, therefore you won't even need to view the message. As you can see, I have my real e-mail address published in my user profile. I have had this address for approximately two years and I use hotmail to check other POP accounts that I have had longer. On average, I receive ~20 messages/day. About 10 of these are from friends or family. The rest are SPAM. It takes exactly two mouse clicks to delete a spam mailing. Hardly a major inconvenience.
As long as we live in America, we will receive unsolicited advertisements. This is a minor inconvenience to put up with in order to ensure the right of free speech for everyone else. I would much rather have spam in my inbox than a mailbox full of coupons and credit card applications killing trees and filling our landfills. I would also prefer spam to receiving an unsolicited call from a telemarketer. Spam is relatively unobtrusive and can easily be deleted costing the recipient nothing more than a few k of bandwidth and several moments of inconvenience. Perhaps you should rethink your priorities and focus your energies on solving *real* problems instead of advocating the murder of innocent individuals who have done nothing worse than attempting to earn a living and support their family in a competitive capitalist economy. Grow up.
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We've all pretty much extablished that 'sharing' copyrighted music is illegal. Not only in USia, but in most countries around the world. If I recall, there's only two countries that do not observe US copyright law.
According to the article, the police only arrested those "who had been clearly warned yet persevered with the practice." so they sure as hell couldn't have claimed ignorance.
I know most slashdot readers are long-haired freedom zealots, but can someone please explain to me how this is in any way surprising. Look at the facts, people: You're stealing. It doesn't matter whether you're stealing MP3's from recording artists, or you're stealing physical items from retail stores, the fact of the matter is, It's still stealing. If you steal from a store, the store is the victim. If you mug someone on the street, the person you mugged is the victim. If you steal MP3's, the recording artist who invested a great deal of time and money into their art is the victim. As long as the crime causes anyone hardship, it must be stopped!
It's got remarkable "uptime" though. ;)
You should be proud. Mine's only got a 3 1/2" floppy!
I don't know if it's adultry or not, but you've gotta be pretty desperate to have sex with a computer! I mean, that's just plain gross!
WTF? IMHO, Maxtor makes the best IDE hard drives available right now. This article on Tom's Hardware rates the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus at the top of the list!
Add a nice set of speakers and acheap 486 or pentium box and you've got yourself quite the jukebox.
You should be getting your cease and desist letter in the mail soon as well.
Please don't use metric measurements in this discussion. It has a tendancy to confuse NASA people.
I keep trying to check out the nudie section on your webcam site and it never works. What gives?
Boxers or Briefs?
I agree completely, investors got greedy with their desire for a quick buck. It's sad when you can make millions of dollars jusb by adding a shiny "dotcom" to the end of your company's name. I don't think we're heading into any sort of recession, though. The market is just coming down to more realistic levels. Sad about the layoffs though, but most of these people are highly skilled in their field and shouldn't have too much trouble finding a new job. Best of luck to any of you out there reading.
The amount of experience one has is directly related to the age of that person. You're in college which means you're most likely >22 years old. You've probably got a couple of years of higher education and a couple of years of on-the-job experience. Most older people in your workplace most likely have completed their degree and 5+ years of IT/programming experience. You're not being limited because of your age, but because you don't have as much experience as older people in your workplace. You also probably like sitting around in yo' low-rider drinkin 40's with some bitches 'n' ho's.
Just my .02 cents.
Sounds dangerous to me. I hope NASA gets their conversions right this time.
It's a bad idea anyway. Wouldn't the Earth's gravity also pull the asteroid towards us?
I swear to you that's not me.(putting karma on the line saying it. It's some guy the real Cyborg_monkey works with. Ask him.
The Mona Lisa (while priceless) is not a marketable product and
The Louvre does not stand to lose any money from your sketch of their painting.
Apple does. Millions of users are familar with the "look and feel" of MacOS and as a result, that "look and feel" is an incentive for consumers to purchase Apple products.
Simple. Let's say I like the "look and feel" of your website and decide that I'm going to use your design that you came up with on my page. Yep, that's right, I just click View Source, and copy and paste the html, changing nothing but the content.
You probably wouldn't be too happy about that, would you? That's exactly what's happening to Apple. Apple pioneered the GUI, and they deserve to have other people respect their creations. Apple's R&D team probably spent several million dollars designing the interface for OSX, and it would be wrong for some other company to snatch it up without paying Apple it's dues. That is why we have law's to prevent this.
The same scenerio occured several years ago when eMachines copied Apple's design for the iMac in their eOne computer. The courts ruled that Apple owned the design of the iMac and eMachines was forced to stop production of the eOne. You open-source zealots can be raving lunatics sometimes. Not everything is free for the taking.
"Innovating" is one of the favorite words of Microsoft's marketing department. I'll let you decide how to interpret that.
It's nice to see that since I don't share your narrow-minded, paranoid views, that makes me a criminal.
and later
"It wouldn't be so much of a problem if they PAID to send their junk"
If you know where I can get 5GB of bandwidth for free, please let me know.
"There is no fix on the number of junkmails one gets"
Yes there is. You willingly publish your e-mail address in public forums such as Slashdot, therefore you are encouraging anyone who reads this forum, including spammers, to e-mail you. If you don't want to receive e-mails, don't post your e-mail address. There are also numerous filtering software applications available that can reduce the amount of bulk mail you will receive.
I don't advocate or condone the actions of spammers. Yes, in some cases, spam can cause inconvenience, and uses resources and bandwidth, but the whole idea behind the Internet was to create a medium to communicate thoughts and ideas to a set of people that, for geographic or other reasons, would not not otherwise be able to communicate. While I don't always agree with the messages sent out by spammers, I defend their right to say what they please and to try and sell my their product/idea. It is also my right to delete spam/set up blocking software/ and flat out refuse spammers offers. I would much rather deal with ~10 junk mails per day than give up some of my other rights by having the Internet regulated and monitored to prevent spam. Sometimes the solution is worse than the problem. I also do not understand your almost cultlike hatred of spam. Perhaps I'm missing something, but I would much rather stand up for a cause that acutally *means something*. Instead of fighting for my protection from something like spam that causes me a minor inconvenience, I would like to see more people do something to make a real and tangible difference. Volunteer at a local soup kitchen, become a mentor to an at-risk youth, or donate a day of your time to help Habitat for Humanity built housing for low income families. It just seems to me that any of the above would do more to make the world a better place than hunting down spammers would.
Disclaimer: I do not, nor have I ever sent bulk unsolicited e-mails. My previous posts reflect my opinions so please don't flame me.
"I don't call 30 spams a day a minor inconience SPAM is not free speach these people are abusing resources"
So you run your own mail server? Let's assume the average spam is 2k in size and you receive 30/day. It will take less than 15 seconds to pull these through a 56k line. That's assuming you *don't* have any server side blocking software installed, which, if you hate spam as much as you claim, would be a prudent choice. I would say ~90% of the spam I receive is easily recognizable by the subject line alone, therefore you won't even need to view the message. As you can see, I have my real e-mail address published in my user profile. I have had this address for approximately two years and I use hotmail to check other POP accounts that I have had longer. On average, I receive ~20 messages/day. About 10 of these are from friends or family. The rest are SPAM. It takes exactly two mouse clicks to delete a spam mailing. Hardly a major inconvenience.
As long as we live in America, we will receive unsolicited advertisements. This is a minor inconvenience to put up with in order to ensure the right of free speech for everyone else. I would much rather have spam in my inbox than a mailbox full of coupons and credit card applications killing trees and filling our landfills. I would also prefer spam to receiving an unsolicited call from a telemarketer. Spam is relatively unobtrusive and can easily be deleted costing the recipient nothing more than a few k of bandwidth and several moments of inconvenience. Perhaps you should rethink your priorities and focus your energies on solving *real* problems instead of advocating the murder of innocent individuals who have done nothing worse than attempting to earn a living and support their family in a competitive capitalist economy. Grow up.
Heh, most Japanese cars couldn't go 110mph even if they weren't limited. I'll take my Chevy over a Japanese rice rocket any day.