I'm truly begining to wonder when it is exactly that the public at large is going to stand up against this horrible abuse of power and perfect example of corruption of democracy and say, ENOUGH.
You are imagining that there is something called human nature that will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinately malleable.
Agreed. An act like this would be somewhat helpful. At least some newer works would make it into the public domain in our lifetime. But the only practical way to fight this unreasonable extension of copyright act is civil disobedience. I propose that we all get together on one day and publish the lyrics to "Happy Birthday" or some other copyrighted work on our websites or on flyers and distribute them with an explanation of what it is we are fighting. Let the public really see how this affects them.
Why would they bother to make it hard to by-pass the V-chip? This isn't some DRM technology designed to enslave the masses, it's just a parenting tool. If your child is tech saavy enough to open the case, and flip so much as a dip switch, he is probably mature enough to watch Jenna Jameson dipping somebody else's switch. This is most likely to prevent 5 year olds from watching mom n' dads late night subscription to PBTV or getting violent bad mouthing ideas from HBO.
If you don't pay for the service, you have no right to use the service. Enough said!
Yeah, it's kinda like when a bum spits on your windsheild at a traffic light and wipes it with a peice of newspaper. If you can't tip him, you have to give him your car...
I think I'd be happy even if they didn't change a thing. A great game is a great game, no matter how antiquated the graphics/sound are. I'd PREFER it not to be in 3D. But, now that we have SVGA monitors, it would be nice to have some really cool hires artwork thrown in. A symphonic score would be neat too.
If you think the law on speeding is wrong, campaign against the law. If you think the speed limit is too low, campaign to raise the speed limit. But if you think it's right, then why on earth should you have the right to break it and not get caught?
I think that the laws of privacy are wrong and am campaigning against the use of black boxes to intrude upon my privacy. How is this any different? Just because the removal of the black box increases my chances of getting away with a crime does not preclude my rights to remove it from my car if I wish to do so.
Eisberg, Resneck - Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, a Solids, Nuclei, and Particles (047187373X) (undergraduate level, introductory)
Sakurai - Modern Quantum Mechanics (0805375015) (graduate level, good for matrix mechanics)
French, Taylor - Quantum Physics (?) (Introductory)
The much touted Griffiths is good as well, but is also very terse and doesn't go very much in depth. There is almost no motivation for QM to begin with. I suggest starting with French and Taylor or Eisberg,Resneck. Then read Sakurai before you are ready to go into field theory.
Woah, there buddy. You definately have too much time on your hands. This is the first time I've made the symbian-sybian connection. I guess it just goes to show that nobody ever has an original thought. How depressing!
Day late and a dollar short, but this could perfectly replace the Dreamcast's GD-ROM which holds zactly 1GB. I'm sure the pirates (excuse me, back-up artisans) are jumping for joy.;-)
What makes you think that "posting anonymously" gives you privacy from super-users like CmdrTaco? Have you ever noticed that you can't moderate after posting to a discussion, even if it was anonymous? (Yes, I know about cookies, blah blah blah). Just an observation...
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I attended a seminar where one group was attempting to measure neutrino oscillations and found convincing evidence that this happens. In order for neutrinos to oscillate, however, they would have to have some mass. In the model that they proposed, some neutrinos may have mass and some may not. Also, if super symmetry comes into play, you could potentially have some very heavy neutrinos. For some cutting edge theories consult the archives.
Do not rationalize what you have done wrong. For it is still wrong.
I never said that I did these things. And I'm not disagreeing with you. In fact, I see your point and possibly agree. Just exploring arguments to help make up my mind. I tend to be overly liberal sometimes...
It all depends on what was done. If I'm poking my nose around and exploring the way your system works without altering anything then, no, I don't believe that it is as bad as physically trespassing. I'm not alluding to the legality one way or the other, I'm merely questioning whether every conventional crime has a digital equivalent.
People who break into other people's computers are trespassing.
Isn't trespassing a physical crime where the offender has to actually be located (again physically) within the victims property lines? If so, I hardly think that coaxing a server to send me some information about what's inside of it counts as trespassing.
We experimental high-energy physics folk have been using it (and PAW) for some time. It offers scripting and histogramming and analysis and a bunch of other features. And it's open source. Check it out.
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You are imagining that there is something called human nature that will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinately malleable.
George Orwell, 1984
He had a point...
Agreed. An act like this would be somewhat helpful. At least some newer works would make it into the public domain in our lifetime. But the only practical way to fight this unreasonable extension of copyright act is civil disobedience. I propose that we all get together on one day and publish the lyrics to "Happy Birthday" or some other copyrighted work on our websites or on flyers and distribute them with an explanation of what it is we are fighting. Let the public really see how this affects them.
Why would they bother to make it hard to by-pass the V-chip? This isn't some DRM technology designed to enslave the masses, it's just a parenting tool. If your child is tech saavy enough to open the case, and flip so much as a dip switch, he is probably mature enough to watch Jenna Jameson dipping somebody else's switch. This is most likely to prevent 5 year olds from watching mom n' dads late night subscription to PBTV or getting violent bad mouthing ideas from HBO.
Yeah, it's kinda like when a bum spits on your windsheild at a traffic light and wipes it with a peice of newspaper. If you can't tip him, you have to give him your car...
A: Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM...
A: What SCO employees?
Repeat after me Linux Is Not UniX. Damn Linus couldn't have named it any more perfectly if he had thought of lame recursive acronyms...
I think I'd be happy even if they didn't change a thing. A great game is a great game, no matter how antiquated the graphics/sound are. I'd PREFER it not to be in 3D. But, now that we have SVGA monitors, it would be nice to have some really cool hires artwork thrown in. A symphonic score would be neat too.
I think that the laws of privacy are wrong and am campaigning against the use of black boxes to intrude upon my privacy. How is this any different? Just because the removal of the black box increases my chances of getting away with a crime does not preclude my rights to remove it from my car if I wish to do so.
If I own the car (and hence the box) shouldn't I be allowed to hack it, or remove it from my system if I want to?
Eisberg, Resneck - Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, a Solids, Nuclei, and Particles (047187373X) (undergraduate level, introductory)
Sakurai - Modern Quantum Mechanics (0805375015) (graduate level, good for matrix mechanics)
French, Taylor - Quantum Physics (?) (Introductory)
The much touted Griffiths is good as well, but is also very terse and doesn't go very much in depth. There is almost no motivation for QM to begin with. I suggest starting with French and Taylor or Eisberg,Resneck. Then read Sakurai before you are ready to go into field theory.
Funny, but what's to stop them from tayloring their code to look like linux-source? They can, after all, see ours before we see theirs.
His nose?
Yes, I'm quite sure that you would deserve whatever the RIAA dishes out for doing that. ;-p
Not if the virus was "signed" by the RIAA.
Okay, but you have the right to only distribute the source for people who pay for the app first, right?
Woah, there buddy. You definately have too much time on your hands. This is the first time I've made the symbian-sybian connection. I guess it just goes to show that nobody ever has an original thought. How depressing!
I misread this as "Sybian OS hits streets", and instantly got an image of Nvidia's Dawn pixie in an adult situation.
Day late and a dollar short, but this could perfectly replace the Dreamcast's GD-ROM which holds zactly 1GB. I'm sure the pirates (excuse me, back-up artisans) are jumping for joy. ;-)
What makes you think that "posting anonymously" gives you privacy from super-users like CmdrTaco? Have you ever noticed that you can't moderate after posting to a discussion, even if it was anonymous? (Yes, I know about cookies, blah blah blah). Just an observation...
I attended a seminar where one group was attempting to measure neutrino oscillations and found convincing evidence that this happens. In order for neutrinos to oscillate, however, they would have to have some mass. In the model that they proposed, some neutrinos may have mass and some may not. Also, if super symmetry comes into play, you could potentially have some very heavy neutrinos. For some cutting edge theories consult the archives.
I never said that I did these things. And I'm not disagreeing with you. In fact, I see your point and possibly agree. Just exploring arguments to help make up my mind. I tend to be overly liberal sometimes...
It all depends on what was done. If I'm poking my nose around and exploring the way your system works without altering anything then, no, I don't believe that it is as bad as physically trespassing. I'm not alluding to the legality one way or the other, I'm merely questioning whether every conventional crime has a digital equivalent.
Isn't trespassing a physical crime where the offender has to actually be located (again physically) within the victims property lines? If so, I hardly think that coaxing a server to send me some information about what's inside of it counts as trespassing.
We experimental high-energy physics folk have been using it (and PAW) for some time. It offers scripting and histogramming and analysis and a bunch of other features. And it's open source. Check it out.