I agree with you that taking something without paying for it (e.g. Napsterizing music) is wrong, but what are the alternatives? I refuse to give my money to the record companies, I want it to go to the artists. What can I do? Send money directly to the artists for each song I download? (A sort of Street Performer Protocol...)
What's an ethical but not-willing-to-pay-the-pay-the-big-record-companie s person supposed to do?
I find that if I work out for 30 minutes during the day that I can fall asleep without a problem, sleep for six to eight hours, and wake up without an alarm clock. Something about being active during the day helps you sleep, I think. (Of course, having the eight kilo cat jump on you at 6am doesn't hurt either. He's my backup system. Waking up is a process, not a product.)
I have discovered an amazing solution to the Minesweeper P=NP problem which unfortunately will not fit into this margin, but I am willing to accept venture captial in the meantime.
You may accuse me of wearing a tin-foil hat on this one, but China rejected purchasing Windoze a while back because they were afraid the American government had planted bugs in the source...
No, they don't. Go read the 50 USC 1801, the Foreign Intelligence Survellience Act. They don't respect *anything* when it comes to protecting National Security.
Given all of the dozens of articles in the past few months in YRO and the intellectual property issues, Cue:Cat, etc, how can you possibly think that the leader of the American government doesn't matter? (Apologies to non-US citizens, but then again, you could be some random guy outside the US just trying to watch a DVD and be caught up in US laws...)
Even if they do respond, do you really think it was George or Al who sat down at the keyboard, rather than some staffer who just typed in what the latest Gallup Poll/Spin Doctor/Election Expert told them we all wanted to hear?
Well, the only thing that can end (or reduce) government is government.
Nah, there's also violent overthrow to establish new government. (And before you shake that one off as being radical, remember that's what America did in 1776...)
In flame wars, unlike real wars, noone has ever used ICBM's to assault the person they are pissed off at.
Not yet. Remember all the talk about John Deutch doing classified work at home on his unclassified computer? What if he had @Home and some foreign government was targeting him... That could get messy right quick.
Would a Real Hacker(tm), knowing that the
system he disagrees with is faulty, help that system persist by informing it of it's inherent weakness? Or, would this hypothetical
hacker just keep his mouth shut until the faulty design was finalized, henceforth guaranteeing the complete Freedom of the
information in question?
I would hope that a real hacker(tm) would help all information to be free (like speech), so that music does not become free (like beer). Musicians work hard and desrve to be compensated for their work, IMHO. I would hope that a programmer, like a musician, who toils for the enjoyment of others, should be encouraged to continue so that everybody can benefit.
Or maybe it was somebody with the real hacker ethic. Somebody who wanted to tinker with things and see how they worked. Somebody to whom the idea of a law, let alone a request from a group of users, doesn't matter very much. It's a little silly for us to talk about how people should be allowed to reverse engineer things and then get upset when they do it to something we don't want them to....
Don't get me wrong, I love IF. (See my sig.) What I'd love to see, and I don't really know if it's out there, is a game that adapts itself to the person who's playing it. The idea came from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The 'game' in the novel is a program used to psychoanalyze the kids.
That's probably a little out of reach for now. But what about a game that figures what the player seems to enjoy (mind bending puzzles, traps, fighting, strategy, etc), and works to change the game for more of that aspect.
I guess what bothered me the most was that Palmer had a chance to introduce his credentials, and even make a plug for his consulting business, advertising what they're doing, etc. It just struck me that he's in the business of stopping 'them pesky and dangerous, illegal hackers,' Of course he's going to say they're illegal. The more people fear system intrusions (done by anybody, regardless of what you call them), the more they're going to pay for his services...
It's ironic that you say "this will never happen, we'll always have our freedoms," but then have a sig that says that freedom needs to be nudged. Perhaps this is just a nudge?
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What's an ethical but not-willing-to-pay-the-pay-the-big-record-companie s person supposed to do?
I find that if I work out for 30 minutes during the day that I can fall asleep without a problem, sleep for six to eight hours, and wake up without an alarm clock. Something about being active during the day helps you sleep, I think. (Of course, having the eight kilo cat jump on you at 6am doesn't hurt either. He's my backup system. Waking up is a process, not a product.)
The same way that an inifinite number of monkeys at an infintie number of keyboards will eventually type the script to Deep Throat.
http://www.whitehouse.com/. 'Nuff said.
I have discovered an amazing solution to the Minesweeper P=NP problem which unfortunately will not fit into this margin, but I am willing to accept venture captial in the meantime.
You may accuse me of wearing a tin-foil hat on this one, but China rejected purchasing Windoze a while back because they were afraid the American government had planted bugs in the source...
No, they don't. Go read the 50 USC 1801, the Foreign Intelligence Survellience Act. They don't respect *anything* when it comes to protecting National Security.
Given all of the dozens of articles in the past few months in YRO and the intellectual property issues, Cue:Cat, etc, how can you possibly think that the leader of the American government doesn't matter? (Apologies to non-US citizens, but then again, you could be some random guy outside the US just trying to watch a DVD and be caught up in US laws...)
Even if they do respond, do you really think it was George or Al who sat down at the keyboard, rather than some staffer who just typed in what the latest Gallup Poll/Spin Doctor/Election Expert told them we all wanted to hear?
Nah, there's also violent overthrow to establish new government. (And before you shake that one off as being radical, remember that's what America did in 1776...)
Rather than try to do everything on your own, why not help support EFF in their efforts? One united strong voice is better than many little ones...
In 1996 about 65% of military members voted, compared with 50% of the general population.
Not yet. Remember all the talk about John Deutch doing classified work at home on his unclassified computer? What if he had @Home and some foreign government was targeting him... That could get messy right quick.
There is no spoon.
Your sword has begun to glow very brightly.
Eh, it will probably be covered up by some other planet's government in a Roswell-like incident.
Would a Real Hacker(tm), knowing that the system he disagrees with is faulty, help that system persist by informing it of it's inherent weakness? Or, would this hypothetical hacker just keep his mouth shut until the faulty design was finalized, henceforth guaranteeing the complete Freedom of the information in question?
I would hope that a real hacker(tm) would help all information to be free (like speech), so that music does not become free (like beer). Musicians work hard and desrve to be compensated for their work, IMHO. I would hope that a programmer, like a musician, who toils for the enjoyment of others, should be encouraged to continue so that everybody can benefit.
Or maybe it was somebody with the real hacker ethic. Somebody who wanted to tinker with things and see how they worked. Somebody to whom the idea of a law, let alone a request from a group of users, doesn't matter very much. It's a little silly for us to talk about how people should be allowed to reverse engineer things and then get upset when they do it to something we don't want them to....
Which again shows us the importance of open source software...
That's probably a little out of reach for now. But what about a game that figures what the player seems to enjoy (mind bending puzzles, traps, fighting, strategy, etc), and works to change the game for more of that aspect.
It's an idea...
I guess what bothered me the most was that Palmer had a chance to introduce his credentials, and even make a plug for his consulting business, advertising what they're doing, etc. It just struck me that he's in the business of stopping 'them pesky and dangerous, illegal hackers,' Of course he's going to say they're illegal. The more people fear system intrusions (done by anybody, regardless of what you call them), the more they're going to pay for his services...
So is she good? ;-)
Froid didn't say it made sense, only that the RIAA should use it. Making sense is not a required paramter of RIAA arguments.
It's ironic that you say "this will never happen, we'll always have our freedoms," but then have a sig that says that freedom needs to be nudged. Perhaps this is just a nudge?