"I don't know how else you could prevent digital theft"
It isn't theft. The original is not lost to its owner. It is, at most, unauthorized duplication. Which is exactly the problem that has been being worked on by the software industry, unsuccessfully, since at least the late 1970's.
Further, gun crime is an illusion. There is only crime. Whether I stab, run over, blow up, electrocute or saw someone in half, it's all still just as much of an illegal act no matter how it was done. Someone died. They are dead. Making them that way is outlawed. Still happens. In fact, if you outlaw guns more people will be killed due to not being able to protect themselves than will be left alive due to no gun close at hand when someone wants to kill. Blunt trauma deaths in particular would go through the roof I'd wager.
You know, that phrase is really getting on my nerves. Reasonable to WHOM? I have no 'reasonable' expectation that I will be invisible on a downtown street, no. I DO have a 'reasonable' expectation that every move I make and word I utter outside of my own damn bathroom is not going to be recorded and analyzed. Just because the technology used isn't as invasive as a person following you around all the time taking notes makes the end result of constant surveillance no less distasteful.
Yeah right, and the fundamental level of vulnerability to attack and penchant for allowing user processes to run amok has NOTHING to do with anything. I guess IHBT. Oh well.
Sort of. The 'methuselas' came to the realization themselves (or a few of them at least) and one initiated the chain of events that would lead to their destruction.
Funny thing is, that if the original poster had said what they did about computers, a reply like yours would be modded to hell and flamed for being 'elitist'.
The RES site FAQ states that "Future plant size will depend on the volume of source material available." If one turkey processing plant is putting out 200 tons of waste a day and they can get 500 barrels from that, I can pretty easily imagine a few thousand of these across the nation that operate on the state, county and/or city-wide scale and that are many times the size of this pilot facility. That would put one HELL of a dent in our foreign dependence.
This earns them goodwill and helps build a reputation for playing well with others, which means that people who care about such things will be more likely to consider purchasing other Novell products in the future.
A computer is not as simple of a thing as a car, and never will be without being so severely crippled as to not actually be a general purpose machine anymore. That analogy is so old, tired and just plain wrong it's not even funny anymore. If a computer were any sort of vehicle it would be amphibious, have rockets, wings, a tractor-trailer hookup, a crane, a forklift, a bulldozer scoop and a complete sound stage and broadcast station in the back. Anyone attempting to operate one without any clue as to what the thing is capable of and how it works would rightly be considered a fool. The industry has oversold, overhyped and flat out lied about how easy and friendly computers are for much too long.
Absolutely no argument that it's derivative. My point was really that even though it is derivative, I think she has absolutely zero claim to financial compensation for it. But there's the kicker and another thing I didn't clarify in my initial post - she works as a 'compensation specialist' or some-such in Silicon Valley. What a surprise.
I was amazed earlier when I heard on NPR the daughter(grand-daughter?!) of the boy who coined the word 'googol' (in 1938 at the age of 9) wants Google to send her money because their name is a derivative. Greedy, greedy people.
Thing is that even though there is a test, it doesn't feel like you've 'earned' much when pretty much all you have to do is show up and have a pulse because it's so easy to pass. The entire DMV setup has _always_ seemed much more about revenue than anything else, to me at least. And another thing - fishing licenses. I don't think there is even the pretense of a test for that one, a check for the proper amount will do. One question too - is a license required if you are driving on your own land? The answer to that would seem to also shed light on the right/privelege thing. AFAICT, all you 'earn' (by paying money mostly) by going through the DMV system is the right to not be harassed by cops expecting certain bits of paper if they stop you while driving on public roads. And also, why do licenses expire and can be renewed without retesting if not for the sake of a continuing revenue stream? Note that I'm not arguing that being unaccountable behind the wheel is right, but neither is the current system in many ways.
Well, for one thing, your magic program would affect everyone, everywhere, equally. Also, as it stands, corporations are giving money to people who do not themselves in turn use that money to benefit the society that chartered the very existence of the corporation. _On a large enough scale_, this is a breach of the social contract with that society. IMO anyway.
The alternative is to accept that there is no such thing as true security and that the price of freedom is payed in blood. You don't put the entire population under constant surveillance because a few people may do bad things. This is basic fucking civics. Education of and about what I'll call 'civic maturity' in America is in the toilet and the country is dooming itself because of it. We are turning every principle the founders ever had on it's ear and making a mockery of what this country stands (stood) for by allowing idiots like Ashcroft into power and passing things like the newspeak-named Patriot Act. Thank God for them? God has nothing to do with them except in the most misguided of ways.
What is a 'Windows XP box'? A computer running XP I would think at first glance. And they are installing a _second_ motherboard in one? I'd RTFA but it's down. So just what in the hell is this story about anyway? It far, far from clear based on the blurb.
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They weren't cleaning. They were removing paint in a pattern for the purpose of creating a message. Your argument fails.
Hell, he's probably better known from Soap for that matter.
"I don't know how else you could prevent digital theft"
It isn't theft. The original is not lost to its owner. It is, at most, unauthorized duplication. Which is exactly the problem that has been being worked on by the software industry, unsuccessfully, since at least the late 1970's.
Further, gun crime is an illusion. There is only crime. Whether I stab, run over, blow up, electrocute or saw someone in half, it's all still just as much of an illegal act no matter how it was done. Someone died. They are dead. Making them that way is outlawed. Still happens. In fact, if you outlaw guns more people will be killed due to not being able to protect themselves than will be left alive due to no gun close at hand when someone wants to kill. Blunt trauma deaths in particular would go through the roof I'd wager.
You know, that phrase is really getting on my nerves. Reasonable to WHOM? I have no 'reasonable' expectation that I will be invisible on a downtown street, no. I DO have a 'reasonable' expectation that every move I make and word I utter outside of my own damn bathroom is not going to be recorded and analyzed. Just because the technology used isn't as invasive as a person following you around all the time taking notes makes the end result of constant surveillance no less distasteful.
Yeah right, and the fundamental level of vulnerability to attack and penchant for allowing user processes to run amok has NOTHING to do with anything. I guess IHBT. Oh well.
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Sort of. The 'methuselas' came to the realization themselves (or a few of them at least) and one initiated the chain of events that would lead to their destruction.
Funny thing is, that if the original poster had said what they did about computers, a reply like yours would be modded to hell and flamed for being 'elitist'.
"Now put down your George Orwell and enjoy the good life."
Sure. And please be sure to notify us when to pick it up again before it's too late. Bit harder that.
The RES site FAQ states that "Future plant size will depend on the volume of source material available." If one turkey processing plant is putting out 200 tons of waste a day and they can get 500 barrels from that, I can pretty easily imagine a few thousand of these across the nation that operate on the state, county and/or city-wide scale and that are many times the size of this pilot facility. That would put one HELL of a dent in our foreign dependence.
This earns them goodwill and helps build a reputation for playing well with others, which means that people who care about such things will be more likely to consider purchasing other Novell products in the future.
A computer is not as simple of a thing as a car, and never will be without being so severely crippled as to not actually be a general purpose machine anymore. That analogy is so old, tired and just plain wrong it's not even funny anymore. If a computer were any sort of vehicle it would be amphibious, have rockets, wings, a tractor-trailer hookup, a crane, a forklift, a bulldozer scoop and a complete sound stage and broadcast station in the back. Anyone attempting to operate one without any clue as to what the thing is capable of and how it works would rightly be considered a fool. The industry has oversold, overhyped and flat out lied about how easy and friendly computers are for much too long.
Absolutely no argument that it's derivative. My point was really that even though it is derivative, I think she has absolutely zero claim to financial compensation for it. But there's the kicker and another thing I didn't clarify in my initial post - she works as a 'compensation specialist' or some-such in Silicon Valley. What a surprise.
I was amazed earlier when I heard on NPR the daughter(grand-daughter?!) of the boy who coined the word 'googol' (in 1938 at the age of 9) wants Google to send her money because their name is a derivative. Greedy, greedy people.
Nice apologetic, a lot of fascists would be quite proud of your logic.
When they say they have to 'agree not to sue MS' it would likely also exclude them from any future class action suits that actually just might win.
Minus the dain bramage working against those two outfits, it could work.
Thing is that even though there is a test, it doesn't feel like you've 'earned' much when pretty much all you have to do is show up and have a pulse because it's so easy to pass. The entire DMV setup has _always_ seemed much more about revenue than anything else, to me at least. And another thing - fishing licenses. I don't think there is even the pretense of a test for that one, a check for the proper amount will do. One question too - is a license required if you are driving on your own land? The answer to that would seem to also shed light on the right/privelege thing. AFAICT, all you 'earn' (by paying money mostly) by going through the DMV system is the right to not be harassed by cops expecting certain bits of paper if they stop you while driving on public roads. And also, why do licenses expire and can be renewed without retesting if not for the sake of a continuing revenue stream? Note that I'm not arguing that being unaccountable behind the wheel is right, but neither is the current system in many ways.
Your right. Enjoying your work is totally unimportant and anyone who questions that assumption is a whiner.
Well, for one thing, your magic program would affect everyone, everywhere, equally. Also, as it stands, corporations are giving money to people who do not themselves in turn use that money to benefit the society that chartered the very existence of the corporation. _On a large enough scale_, this is a breach of the social contract with that society. IMO anyway.
We don't need any more proof.
Start here:
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You are inferring that the only two crimes were the ones that were taped. That's not even close to what was said. Nice twisting though.
The alternative is to accept that there is no such thing as true security and that the price of freedom is payed in blood. You don't put the entire population under constant surveillance because a few people may do bad things. This is basic fucking civics. Education of and about what I'll call 'civic maturity' in America is in the toilet and the country is dooming itself because of it. We are turning every principle the founders ever had on it's ear and making a mockery of what this country stands (stood) for by allowing idiots like Ashcroft into power and passing things like the newspeak-named Patriot Act. Thank God for them? God has nothing to do with them except in the most misguided of ways.
What is a 'Windows XP box'? A computer running XP I would think at first glance. And they are installing a _second_ motherboard in one? I'd RTFA but it's down. So just what in the hell is this story about anyway? It far, far from clear based on the blurb.