Licensing cars, food regs, and the other examples are intended to give long-term safety at the cost of liberties. While they don't reduce the danger to zero, they do reduce them drastically enough to make them worthwhile.
The PATRIOT act is designed to give to have us give up liberties for temporary safety. Few believe that a determined terrorist organization will be deterred in the long term by the restrictions of the PATRIOT act. At the end of it, we're gonna be hit again, and the PATRIOT act will not have really curbed anything.
This is the sort of thing I will expect even the Bill O'Reillys of the world to object to, as their whole argument is based around the need for additional safeguards during wartime and other periods of elevated threat.
I've actually been good with being legal with my Microsoft licensing (save a 95 beta, which had enough eye candy power to cause other people to buy it, so I'm comfy karma-wise there.)
Where I had trouble was with the SP1 upgrade for XP, which ate my system alive. When I called Microsoft for support, they actually tried to work with me for an hour, but conceded along the way that a) other people were having my symptoms, and b) they didn't know why.
They offered to get back to me by Tuesday.
Of course, they didn't actually say which Tuesday...
By the time they contacted me, I had just decided to do a wipe and reinstall (and SP1 reinstall, which worked that time).
I calculated how much time it took me to "fix" my computer, plus interim downtime after when they said they were going to reach me, added to it the lost cost of Microsoft's support failing me during one of my two free incidents...
and it magically came up equivalent to the cost of a copy of Office XP Pro with SP2 upgrade that I found on IRC.
I disagree. In that context, blocking an illegal website in preparation for shutting it down is analogous to sending a letter to your neighborhood crack dealer saying, "You might want to find a new corner. We're thinking of raiding you." It just makes it harder to make an arrest.
No, that was like how the Oakland Raiders liked to open every game on offense with a long bomb. If they miss, not too much harm done because of the limited risk. (relatively little impact on either side) If they connect, touchdown, 6 points, and the advantage is taken immediately. (Saddam goes "boom-splat", and his generals scramble around like chickens with their heads cut off while his body double gets really nervous about the odds he'll get his pension)
I've been going in the other direction. I've gotted so used to Ctrl-W in Pico for searching, that when I'm in IE, I do it instead of Ctrl-F, and end up closing my window.
That shirt (available at thinkgeek) was a birthday present to myself last year. The first time I wore it someplace, I was asked to help install a new mouse. It gets me noticed, but it doesn't actually get me out of jams.
I had the inverse happen. Someone I did a quickie for was talking to a friend while trying to dial-in to her repaired Internet connection ($30 is $30), and she wasn't able to get the modem to log in. Dumbfounded, she immediately called me and then proceeded to complain about it. Then she tried to log in while I was on the line with her as proof that it wasn't working. After I convinced her to use the Internet while the phone was hung up, I luckily didn't hear back from her.
Does your mom videotape TV shows? If so, does she limit herself to network programming only, or does she also tape off of cable and (God forbid) HBO itself? After all, if the reason she thinks that copying music is ok is because it's free, then is the corollary that she doesn't copy cable because it's not?
I'm not passing judgement on her, cause I tend to be in line at the bandwidth bar myself. I just worry about the hole in your theory.
The *DVD consortium* owns the technology for their *DVD-Roms*. They developed how *DVD's* get spit out and put on the *monitor screen*. They are the ones who developed the drivers for their machines.
They did not give permission for anyone else to *distribute software* which will work with their *DVD-Roms*. That would mean licensing which is not taking place.
If you don't like a business' policies, don't buy from them. Don't bitch at them when they're trying to protect something they developed.
What the notice says is that the BSA is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owners listed in the notice. It then fails to list any copyright owner. Oh sure it lists the program Microsoft Office, but that's not a copyright owner. Thus the BSA has not actually committed perjury.
it doesn't matter that e.g. Python would only take 10 lines and is easier to read, if there is only one person at the company who knows Python, and the other 30 developers only know C/C++/Java.
If those 30 developers can't decipher all of 10 lines of python (or any language) it's time to get some new developers.
Cause this is what non-tech's use to make their "informed" tech decisions. We need to know what the... um... "muggles" are thinking if we're going to successfully make them follow the correct course of action when it comes to purchasing and adoption.
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players in the Middle Earth RPG system need to be extremely careful since healing's far harder to get than, say, AD&D-type systems
On the other hand, carrying rations is so much easier. Waybread ho!
I appreciate that it might not improve things from the deterrance point of view, but there should be appropriate impact penally. Just what lifestyle will they have in 5 years, for example?
Right... so if I cross the state border into Texas and go shopping at the Galleria in Houston, then when I check-out, can I tell the clerk, "I'm not represented by this state" and refuse to pay taxes?
I never could really enjoy it outside of the mode where you just watch it straight thru as a movie. The pauses in between tracks were too distracting to me. Yeah, I know, maybe I'm just coddeled, but there is is. That said, I'm still not disappointed that I bought it for what it is.
Does anyone else see a problem with Verizon taking this stance here, but taking the opposing stff when third parties request their records to pursue piracy concerns?
Verizon has no problem divulging your records. They just don't want to do it for free.
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You've circuitously explained the real problem. The true state of security is such that I would get in with a DL that says, "John Smith, 123 Maple Sreet, Clevland OH"
I'm not running a dual processor system, but in addition to my Radeon 8500, I also have an processor on my Audigy. 3 Processors means I'm violating my license!
A minor being the signator to a contract doesn't make it outright void, but it does make it unilaterally voidable by the minor (in states subscribing to the UCC).
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The emphasis is on temporary safety.
Licensing cars, food regs, and the other examples are intended to give long-term safety at the cost of liberties. While they don't reduce the danger to zero, they do reduce them drastically enough to make them worthwhile.
The PATRIOT act is designed to give to have us give up liberties for temporary safety. Few believe that a determined terrorist organization will be deterred in the long term by the restrictions of the PATRIOT act. At the end of it, we're gonna be hit again, and the PATRIOT act will not have really curbed anything.
This is the sort of thing I will expect even the Bill O'Reillys of the world to object to, as their whole argument is based around the need for additional safeguards during wartime and other periods of elevated threat.
Last I heard, roll-up screens were expected around 2005.
I've actually been good with being legal with my Microsoft licensing (save a 95 beta, which had enough eye candy power to cause other people to buy it, so I'm comfy karma-wise there.)
Where I had trouble was with the SP1 upgrade for XP, which ate my system alive. When I called Microsoft for support, they actually tried to work with me for an hour, but conceded along the way that a) other people were having my symptoms, and b) they didn't know why.
They offered to get back to me by Tuesday.
Of course, they didn't actually say which Tuesday...
By the time they contacted me, I had just decided to do a wipe and reinstall (and SP1 reinstall, which worked that time).
I calculated how much time it took me to "fix" my computer, plus interim downtime after when they said they were going to reach me, added to it the lost cost of Microsoft's support failing me during one of my two free incidents...
and it magically came up equivalent to the cost of a copy of Office XP Pro with SP2 upgrade that I found on IRC.
Yes, it's illegal. No, I don't feel guilty.
I disagree. In that context, blocking an illegal website in preparation for shutting it down is analogous to sending a letter to your neighborhood crack dealer saying, "You might want to find a new corner. We're thinking of raiding you." It just makes it harder to make an arrest.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/28/074725 2&mode=thread&tid=133
No, that was like how the Oakland Raiders liked to open every game on offense with a long bomb. If they miss, not too much harm done because of the limited risk. (relatively little impact on either side) If they connect, touchdown, 6 points, and the advantage is taken immediately. (Saddam goes "boom-splat", and his generals scramble around like chickens with their heads cut off while his body double gets really nervous about the odds he'll get his pension)
I've been going in the other direction. I've gotted so used to Ctrl-W in Pico for searching, that when I'm in IE, I do it instead of Ctrl-F, and end up closing my window.
That shirt (available at thinkgeek) was a birthday present to myself last year. The first time I wore it someplace, I was asked to help install a new mouse. It gets me noticed, but it doesn't actually get me out of jams.
I had the inverse happen. Someone I did a quickie for was talking to a friend while trying to dial-in to her repaired Internet connection ($30 is $30), and she wasn't able to get the modem to log in. Dumbfounded, she immediately called me and then proceeded to complain about it. Then she tried to log in while I was on the line with her as proof that it wasn't working. After I convinced her to use the Internet while the phone was hung up, I luckily didn't hear back from her.
Honest question:
Does your mom videotape TV shows? If so, does she limit herself to network programming only, or does she also tape off of cable and (God forbid) HBO itself? After all, if the reason she thinks that copying music is ok is because it's free, then is the corollary that she doesn't copy cable because it's not?
I'm not passing judgement on her, cause I tend to be in line at the bandwidth bar myself. I just worry about the hole in your theory.
The *DVD consortium* owns the technology for their *DVD-Roms*. They developed how *DVD's* get spit out and put on the *monitor screen*. They are the ones who developed the drivers for their machines.
They did not give permission for anyone else to *distribute software* which will work with their *DVD-Roms*. That would mean licensing which is not taking place.
If you don't like a business' policies, don't buy from them. Don't bitch at them when they're trying to protect something they developed.
IANAL, but I'm evil and devious enough to be one.
So by further extension, when I go into K-Mart to buy a cutlery set, it's the responsibility of the company to make sure I don't stab someone.
Depends on what's at stake.
If those 30 developers can't decipher all of 10 lines of python (or any language) it's time to get some new developers.
Cause this is what non-tech's use to make their "informed" tech decisions. We need to know what the... um... "muggles" are thinking if we're going to successfully make them follow the correct course of action when it comes to purchasing and adoption.
On the other hand, carrying rations is so much easier. Waybread ho!
I appreciate that it might not improve things from the deterrance point of view, but there should be appropriate impact penally. Just what lifestyle will they have in 5 years, for example?
Right... so if I cross the state border into Texas and go shopping at the Galleria in Houston, then when I check-out, can I tell the clerk, "I'm not represented by this state" and refuse to pay taxes?
Seems like a possible candidate.
I never could really enjoy it outside of the mode where you just watch it straight thru as a movie. The pauses in between tracks were too distracting to me. Yeah, I know, maybe I'm just coddeled, but there is is. That said, I'm still not disappointed that I bought it for what it is.
Does anyone else see a problem with Verizon taking this stance here, but taking the opposing stff when third parties request their records to pursue piracy concerns?
Verizon has no problem divulging your records. They just don't want to do it for free.
You've circuitously explained the real problem. The true state of security is such that I would get in with a DL that says, "John Smith, 123 Maple Sreet, Clevland OH"
I'm not running a dual processor system, but in addition to my Radeon 8500, I also have an processor on my Audigy. 3 Processors means I'm violating my license!
A minor being the signator to a contract doesn't make it outright void, but it does make it unilaterally voidable by the minor (in states subscribing to the UCC).