While you're right on all points, it must be said that Command-O is hardly a convenient navigation shortcut (though to retain UI consistency, it is a necessity). For efficient keyboard navigation, one would use cmd-downarrow and cmd-uparrow. Your fingers never have to leave the arrow keys.
I burn hundreds of data CD's every few months. I rarely burn audio CD's, and if a CD I downloaded is any good, I buy it. When I do burn audio CD's, they're generally legitimate copies.
But hey, y'know what? If I'm gonna get treated as if I pirate this music, I may as well. I have no moral problem with it. If anything, this will promote piracy.
Let me ask... if the music industry decides to levy CD-R's, what happens if the movie industry decides to? And then the software industry? And then... etc. Can so many levies be piled up?
Now - isn't all of that rather illegal? Either way... I do not see what the RIAA is trying to prove here. There is no way to really fingerprint a machine; so they have an IP address. They can be spoofed. MAC ID; they can be changed. software serial number print; again, can be changed. This kind of evidence would never pass in a court. That, and there are still those impervious to these attacks.
I don't use any of the software they listed, and I have a machine dedicated to Grokster. I download the media, copy it over the network to my main machine, and delete it. None of it ever gets played on the download-machine.
I suppose it comes down to this - we can't be stopped. The RIAA has no idea what it's up against. They <b>will</b> lose this war.
First of all, I'm an Australian on OptusNet cable. In March, my unlimited-download speed-capped service becomes a services with a 500 MB limit and speed caps (no, I'm not keeping it). This was due to a change in all OptusNet cable services.
Secondly, Optus speed-caps ports like those used with many P2P apps (I get a max of about 7K/s on Grokster).
Thirdly, Optus runs spiders that check the network and block connectivity on odd ports with a large amount of traffic travelling over them, for a limited time (half hour on, half hour off).
Now, MediaForce - I fail to see how they can monitor Hotline transfers and discriminate between movies and other files [unless they're sniffing every packet that travels through a backbone and reading the header/footer of every file - yeah right] without some pretty awesome and illegal technology.
Personally I use Haxial software (encrypted Hotline, basically).
This is all a load of crap, I must say. Scare tactics, nothing more. Not only does MediaForce have zero legal muscle in Australia, but they don't know jack either. I call their bluff.
One more proprietary app down. How many more to go?
I hardly think this is the point.
Sure, PS7 will be available for OSX - availability isn't the problem, suckage is.
Is it gonna suck? THAT's the point. This will be the definitive test for Aqua; I for one don't see Aqua standing up to it.
One things for damn sure, if Apple doesn't fix the mousing in OSX, nobody's going to even ATTEMPT to do grapics work at any resolution greater than 1024*768.
The problem is that do you really think the terrorists (for example) are going to decide to use SeLinux, made in America by those kind folks at the NSA?
I won't, they sure as hell won't either...
This distro's sole purpose is to gain the NSA a foothold in the Linux market; where their software will be incorporated into other distro's.
In the grand scheme of things, they're gaining a foothold in the operating system area...
On second thoughts... while I would trust this less than a tylenol I found on the street, think about this...
Would you rather have the NSA, or some 1337 punk h4x0r break into your system?:\
I've got nothing to hide from the NSA; and while in PRINCIPAL I still intensely dislike the whole thing, security wise this may be a wiser option.
It may well leave the back door open to the NSA - but nobody else. If it can keep out "other" intruders better than any other distro... would you use it despite the ramifications of having the NSA being able to waltz right in?
But then, there is always the possibility of the backdoor being found, or leaking; but in that situation a patch would be released immediately (its already prepared...;)) fixing the backdoor and creating a new one.
I'm as shocked and disgusted at the attack as you or anyone else.
I actually had people I knew in that building.
What do you want us to do? Pine over it forever? The fact that we are ABLE to discuss something else shows how unsuccessful that terrorist attack really was despite the massive loss of life.
Don't label me as insensitive but getting over it is what needs to be done.
Burbonator: Thats what I'm talking about; the reason for this release is so the NSA has access. Do you really think they'd release something they couldn't break? Oh come on...
They'd love for terrorists to use this. Its probably got a seive built right into it!:rolleyes:
The NSA is responsible for national security... as the name implies.
They desire (and probably have) access (however limited) to anything they want - private computer systems are a major hurdle in their mission to have complete access. What better way to change that than to release their OWN operating system, in the form of a Linux distro?
They can't exactly introduce a brand new thing to compete with Windows or the MacOS; so join the Linux crowd. Perfect.
Anyone who uses this is simply helping the NSA spin their web; and its getting bigger as always. Protect privacy... stick to YDL;)
The mere fact that we can see what areas of the brain are active or inactive under certain conditions is far significant than people seem to think.
Sure, we can't exactly read whats running through the mind at the moment, but, all will come together in time.
We've been able to detect this kind of activity for a wihle, and while not directly pertaining to how certain portions of the brain shut down under extreme calm such as this implies, the fact that we have gotten this far means that perhaps 15 years from now (very optimistic there;)) we'll be commanding computers with thought, perhaps in virtual-realms or sorts.
Oh well, we can always dream;)
As for decreasing activity under meditation etc, well that just makes sense. You are closed off from outside influences - your senses numb.
Perhaps all these things which we subconsciously run through our brains take more, ahem, 'processing power' than once thought.
I think its possibly as simple as that...
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He did specify that it should be "easy to remove by hand"...
While you're right on all points, it must be said that Command-O is hardly a convenient navigation shortcut (though to retain UI consistency, it is a necessity). For efficient keyboard navigation, one would use cmd-downarrow and cmd-uparrow. Your fingers never have to leave the arrow keys.
It's news that valuable objects stimulate my girlfriend's brain more than my junk?
I burn hundreds of data CD's every few months. I rarely burn audio CD's, and if a CD I downloaded is any good, I buy it. When I do burn audio CD's, they're generally legitimate copies.
But hey, y'know what? If I'm gonna get treated as if I pirate this music, I may as well. I have no moral problem with it. If anything, this will promote piracy.
Let me ask... if the music industry decides to levy CD-R's, what happens if the movie industry decides to? And then the software industry? And then... etc. Can so many levies be piled up?
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Very interesting, thanks for that.
I still call the "Hotline" bluff, regardless.
Now - isn't all of that rather illegal? Either way... I do not see what the RIAA is trying to prove here. There is no way to really fingerprint a machine; so they have an IP address. They can be spoofed. MAC ID; they can be changed. software serial number print; again, can be changed. This kind of evidence would never pass in a court. That, and there are still those impervious to these attacks.
I don't use any of the software they listed, and I have a machine dedicated to Grokster. I download the media, copy it over the network to my main machine, and delete it. None of it ever gets played on the download-machine.
I suppose it comes down to this - we can't be stopped. The RIAA has no idea what it's up against. They <b>will</b> lose this war.
First of all, I'm an Australian on OptusNet cable. In March, my unlimited-download speed-capped service becomes a services with a 500 MB limit and speed caps (no, I'm not keeping it). This was due to a change in all OptusNet cable services.
Secondly, Optus speed-caps ports like those used with many P2P apps (I get a max of about 7K/s on Grokster).
Thirdly, Optus runs spiders that check the network and block connectivity on odd ports with a large amount of traffic travelling over them, for a limited time (half hour on, half hour off).
Now, MediaForce - I fail to see how they can monitor Hotline transfers and discriminate between movies and other files [unless they're sniffing every packet that travels through a backbone and reading the header/footer of every file - yeah right] without some pretty awesome and illegal technology.
Personally I use Haxial software (encrypted Hotline, basically).
This is all a load of crap, I must say. Scare tactics, nothing more. Not only does MediaForce have zero legal muscle in Australia, but they don't know jack either. I call their bluff.
One more proprietary app down. How many more to go?
I hardly think this is the point.
Sure, PS7 will be available for OSX - availability isn't the problem, suckage is.
Is it gonna suck? THAT's the point. This will be the definitive test for Aqua; I for one don't see Aqua standing up to it.
One things for damn sure, if Apple doesn't fix the mousing in OSX, nobody's going to even ATTEMPT to do grapics work at any resolution greater than 1024*768.
The problem is that do you really think the terrorists (for example) are going to decide to use SeLinux, made in America by those kind folks at the NSA?
I won't, they sure as hell won't either...
This distro's sole purpose is to gain the NSA a foothold in the Linux market; where their software will be incorporated into other distro's.
In the grand scheme of things, they're gaining a foothold in the operating system area...
On second thoughts... while I would trust this less than a tylenol I found on the street, think about this...
:\
;)) fixing the backdoor and creating a new one.
Would you rather have the NSA, or some 1337 punk h4x0r break into your system?
I've got nothing to hide from the NSA; and while in PRINCIPAL I still intensely dislike the whole thing, security wise this may be a wiser option.
It may well leave the back door open to the NSA - but nobody else. If it can keep out "other" intruders better than any other distro... would you use it despite the ramifications of having the NSA being able to waltz right in?
But then, there is always the possibility of the backdoor being found, or leaking; but in that situation a patch would be released immediately (its already prepared...
Oh well. Random thoughts.
Do you really think they'd release something they couldn't break? Oh come on...
:rolleyes:
They'd love for terrorists to use this. Its probably got a seive built right into it!
"Security Enhanced" maybe - but when you've got the key, the size of the door matters not... no?
I'm as shocked and disgusted at the attack as you or anyone else.
:rolleyes:
I actually had people I knew in that building.
What do you want us to do? Pine over it forever? The fact that we are ABLE to discuss something else shows how unsuccessful that terrorist attack really was despite the massive loss of life.
Don't label me as insensitive but getting over it is what needs to be done.
Burbonator: Thats what I'm talking about; the reason for this release is so the NSA has access. Do you really think they'd release something they couldn't break? Oh come on...
They'd love for terrorists to use this. Its probably got a seive built right into it!
The NSA is responsible for national security... as the name implies.
;)
They desire (and probably have) access (however limited) to anything they want - private computer systems are a major hurdle in their mission to have complete access. What better way to change that than to release their OWN operating system, in the form of a Linux distro?
They can't exactly introduce a brand new thing to compete with Windows or the MacOS; so join the Linux crowd. Perfect.
Anyone who uses this is simply helping the NSA spin their web; and its getting bigger as always. Protect privacy... stick to YDL
The mere fact that we can see what areas of the brain are active or inactive under certain conditions is far significant than people seem to think. Sure, we can't exactly read whats running through the mind at the moment, but, all will come together in time. We've been able to detect this kind of activity for a wihle, and while not directly pertaining to how certain portions of the brain shut down under extreme calm such as this implies, the fact that we have gotten this far means that perhaps 15 years from now (very optimistic there ;)) we'll be commanding computers with thought, perhaps in virtual-realms or sorts.
Oh well, we can always dream ;)
As for decreasing activity under meditation etc, well that just makes sense. You are closed off from outside influences - your senses numb.
Perhaps all these things which we subconsciously run through our brains take more, ahem, 'processing power' than once thought.
I think its possibly as simple as that...