In fact, I have. And we obviously disagree in re government and public institutions--they most certainly should be forced to use open software when it provides equivalent function. Why should tax money be squandered on the alternatives?
I am perfectly capable of recording them now, thanks to the PCM stream that makes its way through my sound card. But not everyone is willing to go through the trouble to do that, and there is no reason that what the public has paid for should be encumbered at all.
If they want to go private, and put the "profits back into supporting new programming and operations," they need to stop taking tax money from the CPB.
Have you an argument as to why an entity funded by tax money (technically indirectly, as has been pointed out) and donations should use locked down proprietary formats? Do you work for NPR? Do you have something interesting to say?
. . . taxpayer and contributor supported NPR only makes audio available in proprietary, streamingformats. Perhaps if they want to lock up their content, they should stop taking taxpayer money and donations, hmm?
P.S.: Those things that sound like commercials in the NPR broadcast can't be commercials, because public radio doesn't have commercials by definition. They must be "sponsorship acknowledgements."
That Bush says the blackout was a "wake up call" that the power grid needed to be "modernized," and that his Secretary of Energy says that ratepayers need to be "part of the solution."
So be prepared for another Bush administration gift to the energy industry on the backs of the people. In reality the blackout is a call for a rollback of deregulation, the effects of which have caused this mess.
They want to point out any drawbacks of it so they can pave the way to the brave new world of the cashless society, in which every transaction is logged and taxed.
I'm surprised that since the object for Cisco is to prevent the resale of their routers, and this "relicensing" affront to the first sale doctrine is just a smokescreen, that they haven't pulled a Microsoft, joined eBay's "Verified Rights Owner" program and started killing any auction that contained the word "Cisco."
Can't help with PrimeOS, but I bet someone's got it.
BTW, both the above downloads are with the blessing of the coypright holders. Not that anyone should be able to hold a copyright on software that old, but it was nice of Dan Bricklin (Visicalc) and Mentec (RT-11) to make the gesture.
If that's the case, then the folks at RetroFilm are infringing. Perhaps the heirs might wish all the material were still under copyright, but a good deal of it is in the public domain, that having happened before buying legislators to extend copyright became fashionable.
They'll learn to fucking care, when their sales plummet some more. Either that, or they'll die. I look forward to the latter more than the former, really.
More importantly, in my mind, is that the directory information itself is often sensitive. But if the directory is inaccessible before decryption, then why even bother wrapping strong encryption with ZIP--just encrypt the ZIP file itself. And for that, there's prior art.
That's OK--we already have a blueprint for dealing with that, thanks to Hollywood.
Anyways, only the rich will be prolonging their lives with the organs sold by the poor, so resources won't be a problem--the lower classes will eventually be farmed for their organs.
Or, a law that says you sign you drivers license if you DON'T want to donate, and assume anyone that doesn't sign wants to.
Negative option is immoral, and does not communicate consent. Your example would make default consent to being an organ donor mandatory for anyone who wishes to legally drive.
I don't want the record clubs in the human organ harvesting business, thank you very much.
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In fact, I have. And we obviously disagree in re government and public institutions--they most certainly should be forced to use open software when it provides equivalent function. Why should tax money be squandered on the alternatives?
If they want to go private, and put the "profits back into supporting new programming and operations," they need to stop taking tax money from the CPB.
Have you an argument as to why an entity funded by tax money (technically indirectly, as has been pointed out) and donations should use locked down proprietary formats? Do you work for NPR? Do you have something interesting to say?
P.S.: Those things that sound like commercials in the NPR broadcast can't be commercials, because public radio doesn't have commercials by definition. They must be "sponsorship acknowledgements."
The law cared. The apparently corrupt prosecuting attorney in your town didn't.
are teenage nerds living in their parents' basement considered homeless for the purpose of this Orwellian tracking database?
So be prepared for another Bush administration gift to the energy industry on the backs of the people. In reality the blackout is a call for a rollback of deregulation, the effects of which have caused this mess.
Glad to help!
They want to point out any drawbacks of it so they can pave the way to the brave new world of the cashless society, in which every transaction is logged and taxed.
I'm surprised that since the object for Cisco is to prevent the resale of their routers, and this "relicensing" affront to the first sale doctrine is just a smokescreen, that they haven't pulled a Microsoft, joined eBay's "Verified Rights Owner" program and started killing any auction that contained the word "Cisco."
Can't help with PrimeOS, but I bet someone's got it.
BTW, both the above downloads are with the blessing of the coypright holders. Not that anyone should be able to hold a copyright on software that old, but it was nice of Dan Bricklin (Visicalc) and Mentec (RT-11) to make the gesture.
If that's the case, then the folks at RetroFilm are infringing. Perhaps the heirs might wish all the material were still under copyright, but a good deal of it is in the public domain, that having happened before buying legislators to extend copyright became fashionable.
Millions for defense. but not one cent for tribute.
How about we tax our students $25-$30 apiece per term, send you the money, and you don't send us all those C&D letters and subpoenas?
Fair enough :).
Troll?
Unfortunately, there's no (-1, Godwin's Law)
Exactly. I only fly for business, and I avoid even that when I can.
They'll learn to fucking care, when their sales plummet some more. Either that, or they'll die. I look forward to the latter more than the former, really.
Nope, that was Sonny, who, as you note, is thankfully dead.
More importantly, in my mind, is that the directory information itself is often sensitive. But if the directory is inaccessible before decryption, then why even bother wrapping strong encryption with ZIP--just encrypt the ZIP file itself. And for that, there's prior art.
The problem is that, having done this, there's an incentive for people to make your post mortem sooner, rather than later.
Thanks!
Anyways, only the rich will be prolonging their lives with the organs sold by the poor, so resources won't be a problem--the lower classes will eventually be farmed for their organs.
Negative option is immoral, and does not communicate consent. Your example would make default consent to being an organ donor mandatory for anyone who wishes to legally drive.
I don't want the record clubs in the human organ harvesting business, thank you very much.
There will be no shortage of organs when they're HARVESTED FROM CRIMINAL P2P USERS after the death penalty copyright infringement cases roll in.