Jeesh, if you had bothered to read the article you are commenting on, you would have seen that it says "Charities, surveys and calls on behalf of politicians would be exempt". Next time RTFA!
So if the jeans you bought last week are still transponding, how do you not get charged for them this week when you are buying the matching underwear? Unless there is some kind of 'Already been bought' tag. BUt if there is, it would only be a matter of time before someone could construct a device that sets '$ALREADY_BEEN_BOUGHT' to 0, and then I get free stuff. Bring it on.
They can use the books that are banned by other districts to save money. Come on.... the kids are going to have to learn about Tek War sooner or later...
you'll regret it. And you know what, while i am at it fuck slash and its stupid ass lameness filters. It took me like 10 attempts to submit this warning.
"Terrorists are much like hackers and there will always be an exploit. I would rather die in an act of terrorism so that the civil liberties of my friends and family and countrymen were protected, rather than give them up for a little extra security. Any true American would agree. "Give me liberty or give me death." "
I agree. I would rather have you die in an act of terrorism than to give up my civil liberties...
We are brought up to be consumers, through exposure all of our lives to countless hours of advertisements. By lowering the costs of consumption (ie downloading mp3s for nearly free) , we are fulfilling our hollywood/mass media mandated destiny to consume more while lowering costs. In other words, we are becoming more efficient consumers. Is this not what Hollywood wants? For us to consume more? Its not our problem that our consumption without compensation leads to their bankruptcy. We are only doing what they programmed us to do.
"Hollywood made more money the Memorial Day weekend of 2002 than at any other previous time. Piracy is no threat to them. People who watch pirated movies on their computer are just sneak previewing, and will go to a theater. People who buy pirate DVDs at the flea market for fewer than ten dollars won't pay full retail for legit ones. People who do pay full retail for legit ones wouldn't be caught dead in a flea market or with DVDs from one. When you boil it all down, piracy is a non-issue. Shutting it down would not get Hollywood or the recording industry any richer. They are wasting their resources fighting it, and would waste our resources if Congress gives them tax money to combat piracy. This is all true of the recording industry [dontbuycds.org] as well. They are not interested in anything but protecting their power over artists. "
Dude, did you even read the article? Its not about hollywood bitching about piracy, its about the RIAA!
I tend to agree with you except for one little detail: bandwidth isn't a resource, it is a service, or rather the result of a service. And therefore it is something that can be stolen. Imagine if you had a contract with your garbage man where he agreed to pick up 3 bags per week from your house. As soon as he starts to drive away, you sneak a fourth bag on. There is limited capacity on the garbage truck, so ultimately, the last guy is probably only going to get to put two bags on because of your extra bag. You stole (deprived him of) service from the last guy (not really from the garbageman).
Now, as far as whether this 'theft' should be investigated by the FBI..you are right on. It is a breach of contract, and should be dealt with by the garbage man refusing to pick up your trash anymore, not by the police confiscating your trashcans.
How is Usenet P2P? I use Xnews client to upload files to a nntp server, which anybody else with a client can download from. As opposed to, say, Kazaa, where another peer connects directly to my machine (a peer) and the two machines work out the details. Am I missing something in the definition of P2P here?
"Perhaps it's based on the traffic they detect to a given site through their CGI redirects... but I'm not a large site, my primary webserver is a Pentium 90.:)
wow, not only are you running your domain off a pentium 90, but you also have reverse DNS lookup turned on in the logs... that's gotta be giving you a decent preformance hit, no?
If a band I like comes within 300 miles of my sphere of influence, I go to see them. Because how do I know when I am going to get a chance to do that again. Unfortunately, the last band I liked that I saw live was pavement, back in '94 i think...
I hope the internet illegally copies so much of the RIAA's so called music that it forces them to cut the wheat from the chaff or go out of business. maybe then I can actually turn on the radio and listen to something that is decen and not 20 years old, or even actually buy a cd for $7-$10 dollars.
i work in distance education putting university courses on line.. we have some popular programs and unpopular ones...know what we do with the unpopular ones? we cut them because they aren't generating enrollments. The recording industry seems to, when a band is unpopular, keep them around and clone even more of the bands that they cloned the unpopular one from, who then go on to be unpopular themselves. Its a shitty business model.
you know, that is exactly the kind of comment that will get you busted. you're going to be hauled off for 'intent to possibly incite to possibly commit terrorism'. its the word terrorism that makes it OK.
not really, here is how you can get some weapons grade plutonium
1. Gather the necessary supplies: one (1) miniature remote control pick-up truck, (1) bottle of prell brand shampoo. One (1) plastic flying/gliding disk (frisbee brand works nicely)
2. Sneak into building of local university where Plutonium and lasers are kept. Note: it may be necessary to use the frisbee to distract/confuse the guard by setting off the motion detectors. The trick here is to make the guard think that there is a glitch in the alarm system. You see, he won't notice the frisbee on the camaras, but the motion detectors sure will. The alarms will go off, but he will see nothing on the monitors. When he leaves the front desk to check it out, you can easily slip by into the room where they keep the lasers and plutonium. IMPORTANT:Don't forget to recover the frisbee. You are going to need it to confuse the guard again to make good your escape!!
3. Ok, you are now in the room with the plutonium. You are going to need to position the lasers in such a way that they reflect off of the mirrors in the room and burn a hole in the wall large enough to pass the plutonium through on the remote control truck.
4. You are almost home now, but this is the tricky part: switch the plutonium in the reactor (it is the stuff that looks like glow in the dark shampoo) with the shampoo you brought with you. You may need to use the laser again to get into the room with the plutonium.
5. That's it!! once you have the plutonium inthe bottle. secure it to the back of the truck, and simply drive it out through the hole you created with the laser.
6. Clean up, cover the holes you made and leave. It's Miller time!! oh, you may need to confuse the guard again with the frisbee trick in reverse to get out of the building. Don't worry though, guards are pretty easy to fool with such a clever trick, and it should work twice in one night.
actually, you can see the grail for yourself. just go to the cathedral in Valencia. Funny thing is that I went there and took pictures, but they came out completely blurry and distorted, while the pictures i took of the tabernacle in the next room were fine.
That is where you will find the final resting place of the cup of christ (or so they claim); that is where you will find immortality.
I caution you though: Ask yourself why you seek the cup of christ. Is it for his glory, or for yours?
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Jeesh, if you had bothered to read the article you are commenting on, you would have seen that it says "Charities, surveys and calls on behalf of politicians would be exempt". Next time RTFA!
So if the jeans you bought last week are still transponding, how do you not get charged for them this week when you are buying the matching underwear? Unless there is some kind of 'Already been bought' tag. BUt if there is, it would only be a matter of time before someone could construct a device that sets '$ALREADY_BEEN_BOUGHT' to 0, and then I get free stuff. Bring it on.
That is where I saw spirited away.
They can use the books that are banned by other districts to save money. Come on.... the kids are going to have to learn about Tek War sooner or later...
kudos for spelling 'lose' correctly!
you'll regret it. And you know what, while i am at it fuck slash and its stupid ass lameness filters. It took me like 10 attempts to submit this warning.
you got a decoder ring? man, all i got was this lousy t-shirt with a penguin on it.
I agree. I would rather have you die in an act of terrorism than to give up my civil liberties...
but if i don't pay the toll on the road, do they send me to jail for 3 years? I don't think so.
What? Its a perfectly cromulent word.
We are brought up to be consumers, through exposure all of our lives to countless hours of advertisements. By lowering the costs of consumption (ie downloading mp3s for nearly free) , we are fulfilling our hollywood/mass media mandated destiny to consume more while lowering costs. In other words, we are becoming more efficient consumers. Is this not what Hollywood wants? For us to consume more? Its not our problem that our consumption without compensation leads to their bankruptcy. We are only doing what they programmed us to do.
Dude, did you even read the article? Its not about hollywood bitching about piracy, its about the RIAA!
Now, as far as whether this 'theft' should be investigated by the FBI..you are right on. It is a breach of contract, and should be dealt with by the garbage man refusing to pick up your trash anymore, not by the police confiscating your trashcans.
How is Usenet P2P? I use Xnews client to upload files to a nntp server, which anybody else with a client can download from. As opposed to, say, Kazaa, where another peer connects directly to my machine (a peer) and the two machines work out the details. Am I missing something in the definition of P2P here?
crawl4.googlebot.com - - [07/Apr/2002:13:36:32 -0400] "GET
wow, not only are you running your domain off a pentium 90, but you also have reverse DNS lookup turned on in the logs... that's gotta be giving you a decent preformance hit, no?
If a band I like comes within 300 miles of my sphere of influence, I go to see them. Because how do I know when I am going to get a chance to do that again. Unfortunately, the last band I liked that I saw live was pavement, back in '94 i think...
so there, nyah!
i work in distance education putting university courses on line.. we have some popular programs and unpopular ones...know what we do with the unpopular ones? we cut them because they aren't generating enrollments. The recording industry seems to, when a band is unpopular, keep them around and clone even more of the bands that they cloned the unpopular one from, who then go on to be unpopular themselves. Its a shitty business model.
he bills himself out at $60-$80 an hour. Then he is just breaking even.
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why should you care if agent smith scans your email or opens your letters if you are doing nothing of great interest?
and furthermore: what exactly is a "jackboot" anyway?
live off-campus, where you are a citizen like everyone else.
except that at some schools it is mandatory to live on campus the first year
you know, that is exactly the kind of comment that will get you busted. you're going to be hauled off for 'intent to possibly incite to possibly commit terrorism'. its the word terrorism that makes it OK.
not really, here is how you can get some weapons grade plutonium
1. Gather the necessary supplies: one (1) miniature remote control pick-up truck, (1) bottle of prell brand shampoo. One (1) plastic flying/gliding disk (frisbee brand works nicely)
2. Sneak into building of local university where Plutonium and lasers are kept. Note: it may be necessary to use the frisbee to distract/confuse the guard by setting off the motion detectors. The trick here is to make the guard think that there is a glitch in the alarm system. You see, he won't notice the frisbee on the camaras, but the motion detectors sure will. The alarms will go off, but he will see nothing on the monitors. When he leaves the front desk to check it out, you can easily slip by into the room where they keep the lasers and plutonium. IMPORTANT:Don't forget to recover the frisbee. You are going to need it to confuse the guard again to make good your escape!!
3. Ok, you are now in the room with the plutonium. You are going to need to position the lasers in such a way that they reflect off of the mirrors in the room and burn a hole in the wall large enough to pass the plutonium through on the remote control truck.
4. You are almost home now, but this is the tricky part: switch the plutonium in the reactor (it is the stuff that looks like glow in the dark shampoo) with the shampoo you brought with you. You may need to use the laser again to get into the room with the plutonium.
5. That's it!! once you have the plutonium inthe bottle. secure it to the back of the truck, and simply drive it out through the hole you created with the laser.
6. Clean up, cover the holes you made and leave. It's Miller time!! oh, you may need to confuse the guard again with the frisbee trick in reverse to get out of the building. Don't worry though, guards are pretty easy to fool with such a clever trick, and it should work twice in one night.
actually, you can see the grail for yourself. just go to the cathedral in Valencia. Funny thing is that I went there and took pictures, but they came out completely blurry and distorted, while the pictures i took of the tabernacle in the next room were fine.
That is where you will find the final resting place of the cup of christ (or so they claim); that is where you will find immortality.
I caution you though: Ask yourself why you seek the cup of christ. Is it for his glory, or for yours?