Yes! This has actually been done as part of treatment programs for paralized people. (Here's one example.)
The computer in question was taking it's cues from the patient's brain waves, though. The armies of monkeys with robotic brains are still a long ways off, mainly due to the difficulties in getting AI systems to do image recognition, which is quite possibly the most challenging problem in AI research today.
That's like saying that since there's no part of the US Code which states I can breath, I'm not permitted to breath
IANAL, but I think you're examining that section of the US code out of context. Overall, copyright law in the United States prohibits unauthorized redistribution of a copyrighted work. The passage that IDSA quotes is a clarification that the law does not prohibit copying a piece of software that you own for purposes of running it or for archival purposes.
IDSA is pointing out that this exception does not cover posting games for downloads, and therefore, posting games for download is illegal under the law as a whole.
We (USians) do live in a democracy (as well as a republic). I refer you to M-W.com's definition. We live in a democracy because supreme power ultimately rests with the people. The fact that we exercise that power through elected representatives doesn't negate that.
BTW, wonder how long it will be before the number of IP addresses surpasses the number of humans on this Godforsaken little rock?
Well, there are only 256^4 (about 4 billion) "possible" IPv4 addresses, and a lot of them are reserved or illegal, so we'll have to wait at least until IPv6 becomes the standard before the number of IP addresses is greater than the human population of the planet.
For those of you who are seriously concerned about these issues, there are plenty of options for anonymizing proxy servers, such as Anonymizer.com and Zero Knowledge's Freedom Network.
As for the government, (Warning, US-centric stuff ahead), remember, we live in a democracy. I've sent letters (not email, the actual dead tree kind) to all my elected representatives, telling them where I stand on privacy issues like this one. If your congressmen, et. al., don't hear from you, they're going to have nothing to go on except those who advocate Big Brother tactics. Let your voice be heard too!
How can we get the message across that SDMI is not a feature without a price?
Just tell them the truth. SDMI is a system that's stated goal is to prevent piracy (or copyright infringement, uauthorized redistribution, sharing, or whatever you want to call it). Then tell them that SDMI is going to make it harder for them to make legitimate copies of music they've purchased. Then tell them, that when SDMI workarounds are developed (as they inevitably will be, DMCA or no DMCA), that the RIAA will push for harsher laws taking away their rights to fair use, all in the name of preventing piracy.
Tell them this, and tell them that the only way they can keep their fair use rights, and stick it to the greedy, corrupt record companies, is to "Just say no" to SDMI.
Here are a few things that I find help me out. As always, your mileage may vary:
Make a to-do list. It may be obvious to some, but it's amazing how much more organized this one simple step can make you.
Once you've got your list, whenever possible, work on it in order. Now, if an emergency comes up, you can deal with it of course, but don't keep neglecting that boring job thats been on your list for a week just because the newer project is more interesting. This ties into item 3....
Don't procrastinate! It will, without fail, cause you more work in the long run. Trust me, I speak from experience on this one.
Don't be afraid to ask for help if you get overwhelmed. Don't make a habit of trying to foist your responsibilities on someone else, of course, and always be willing to help someone else who needs it, and you'll find that there will be someone willing to give you a hand when you find yourself swamped.
Also, for those of you in college, look into organizational skills workshops put on by your school, as they can really be invaluable resources.
When you're ready to give it another shot, I highly recommend Mandrake if you haven't already tried it. I had tried Caldera first (bleh!), and I was amazed at how much more smoothly the Mandrake install went.
Before everyone goes off ranting and raving about censorship, I'd like to point out that the same argument that lets ORBS and the RBL off the hook applies here. We say that it's acceptable for ISPs to block known spammers because spam is a nuisance to the internet community, and because the ISP is a private business, and customers can always choose not to do business with them if they don't like their policies.
Well, in some ways, the same applies here. If kinky porn is offensive to the majority of the members of the community, the ISP may be right to block it. And again, those who don't like it, don't have to purchase Internet access from the ISP.
10% - "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!"
25% - Making jokes predicting "Beowulf cluster" posts. (Yeah, like this one)
35% - Random, (-1, Offtopic) crap.
15% - IBM Sucks, [Company] is better!
14% - "Can I buy one on eBay?"
1% - Insightful commentary, such as a discussion of whether big, centralized systems are still relevant today, or whether the rankings in the top 500 list are based on the most appropriate criteria.
In case you're wondering about just how likely this is to be real, I suggest you consider the last few lines:
That's my "Halloween document" for 2000. Nothing to worry about. And for crying out loud, don't leak this memo this year. We all remember what happened to Vinod, right?
regards,
billg.
Really, the rest of the memo is just on the near side of too ridiculous, but this bit pushes it over the top.
Oops, my mistake. Their main page mentions the "QT Free Edition" as being GPLed, but I didn't browse deep enough to realize that the Free Edition is the Unix/X11 version.
I guess the relevant question then is, "Is anyone working on porting QT Free Edition to Windows?".
KDE is GPLed, QT is GPLed, assumng the applications in question are all GPLed as well, (and as you can see here, KOffice in particular is GPLed for some parts and Artistic Licensed for others.) you should have no licensing problems. The GPL is very deliberately Free/Proprietary OS neutral, As Stallman considers OS restrictions to be no better than any other kind.
Established became should show the BigBrotherAward Germany to promote around the public discussion around privacy and data protection - it improper use of technology and information and contribute so to its acceptance.
Since 1998 such a "price" in different countries has become lent and this year also in Germany at firms, organizations and persons, that impair in special manner and persistently the privacy of persons, or (personal) accessibly make data of third.
The name is taken, in which the author already end of the vierziger years sketched its vision of a future company that stands under total supervision, from George Orwells of more negative utopia "1984".
The price sculpture to the "BigBrotherAward Germany" was sketched by the Oerlinghauser artist Peter summer. It shows one with lead volume gefesselte figure, that becomes of a glass disk durchtrennt on which a binaryer or hexadezimaler code stands to read: a passage out of Huxleys "quite new world".
The german BigBrotherAward becomes moved itself organized of the Bielefelder FoeBuD e. V., that 1987 as a society the production of the public and established unbewegten data traffic. The society was declared by Vernetzungsarbeit in that "Zerberus-network", its Mailbox "Bionic", the peace network "ZaMir" and its monthly organization row "PUBLIC DOMAIN" for subjects out of the future and technology, science and politics, art and cultivation.
On these pages, you find all information round around this first award of the trophy in Germany. The this year's Nominierungsfrist has been expired for the 25 September, would please us over stimulations and/or criticism under marginal address we.
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Well, I think the cost of monkey brains should keep this off the general market for a while. (And you thought the Aibo was overpriced.)
Besides, I don't think this'd make an appropriate toy for children. You do know what monkeys do all day long, don't you? ;)
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The computer in question was taking it's cues from the patient's brain waves, though. The armies of monkeys with robotic brains are still a long ways off, mainly due to the difficulties in getting AI systems to do image recognition, which is quite possibly the most challenging problem in AI research today.
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IANAL, but I think you're examining that section of the US code out of context. Overall, copyright law in the United States prohibits unauthorized redistribution of a copyrighted work. The passage that IDSA quotes is a clarification that the law does not prohibit copying a piece of software that you own for purposes of running it or for archival purposes.
IDSA is pointing out that this exception does not cover posting games for downloads, and therefore, posting games for download is illegal under the law as a whole.
--
We (USians) do live in a democracy (as well as a republic). I refer you to M-W.com's definition. We live in a democracy because supreme power ultimately rests with the people. The fact that we exercise that power through elected representatives doesn't negate that.
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Well, there are only 256^4 (about 4 billion) "possible" IPv4 addresses, and a lot of them are reserved or illegal, so we'll have to wait at least until IPv6 becomes the standard before the number of IP addresses is greater than the human population of the planet.
--
For those of you who are seriously concerned about these issues, there are plenty of options for anonymizing proxy servers, such as Anonymizer.com and Zero Knowledge's Freedom Network.
As for the government, (Warning, US-centric stuff ahead), remember, we live in a democracy. I've sent letters (not email, the actual dead tree kind) to all my elected representatives, telling them where I stand on privacy issues like this one. If your congressmen, et. al., don't hear from you, they're going to have nothing to go on except those who advocate Big Brother tactics. Let your voice be heard too!
--
Just tell them the truth. SDMI is a system that's stated goal is to prevent piracy (or copyright infringement, uauthorized redistribution, sharing, or whatever you want to call it). Then tell them that SDMI is going to make it harder for them to make legitimate copies of music they've purchased. Then tell them, that when SDMI workarounds are developed (as they inevitably will be, DMCA or no DMCA), that the RIAA will push for harsher laws taking away their rights to fair use, all in the name of preventing piracy.
Tell them this, and tell them that the only way they can keep their fair use rights, and stick it to the greedy, corrupt record companies, is to "Just say no" to SDMI.--
- Make a to-do list. It may be obvious to some, but it's amazing how much more organized this one simple step can make you.
- Once you've got your list, whenever possible, work on it in order. Now, if an emergency comes up, you can deal with it of course, but don't keep neglecting that boring job thats been on your list for a week just because the newer project is more interesting. This ties into item 3....
- Don't procrastinate! It will, without fail, cause you more work in the long run. Trust me, I speak from experience on this one.
- Don't be afraid to ask for help if you get overwhelmed. Don't make a habit of trying to foist your responsibilities on someone else, of course, and always be willing to help someone else who needs it, and you'll find that there will be someone willing to give you a hand when you find yourself swamped.
Also, for those of you in college, look into organizational skills workshops put on by your school, as they can really be invaluable resources.Good Luck!
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When you're ready to give it another shot, I highly recommend Mandrake if you haven't already tried it. I had tried Caldera first (bleh!), and I was amazed at how much more smoothly the Mandrake install went.
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Before everyone goes off ranting and raving about censorship, I'd like to point out that the same argument that lets ORBS and the RBL off the hook applies here. We say that it's acceptable for ISPs to block known spammers because spam is a nuisance to the internet community, and because the ISP is a private business, and customers can always choose not to do business with them if they don't like their policies.
Well, in some ways, the same applies here. If kinky porn is offensive to the majority of the members of the community, the ISP may be right to block it. And again, those who don't like it, don't have to purchase Internet access from the ISP.
--
10% - "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!"
25% - Making jokes predicting "Beowulf cluster" posts. (Yeah, like this one)
35% - Random, (-1, Offtopic) crap.
15% - IBM Sucks, [Company] is better!
14% - "Can I buy one on eBay?"
1% - Insightful commentary, such as a discussion of whether big, centralized systems are still relevant today, or whether the rankings in the top 500 list are based on the most appropriate criteria.
--
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Oops, my mistake. Their main page mentions the "QT Free Edition" as being GPLed, but I didn't browse deep enough to realize that the Free Edition is the Unix/X11 version.
I guess the relevant question then is, "Is anyone working on porting QT Free Edition to Windows?".
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KDE is GPLed, QT is GPLed, assumng the applications in question are all GPLed as well, (and as you can see here, KOffice in particular is GPLed for some parts and Artistic Licensed for others.) you should have no licensing problems. The GPL is very deliberately Free/Proprietary OS neutral, As Stallman considers OS restrictions to be no better than any other kind.
--
Established became should show the BigBrotherAward Germany to promote around the public discussion around privacy and data protection - it improper use of technology and information and contribute so to its acceptance.
Since 1998 such a "price" in different countries has become lent and this year also in Germany at firms, organizations and persons, that impair in special manner and persistently the privacy of persons, or (personal) accessibly make data of third.
The name is taken, in which the author already end of the vierziger years sketched its vision of a future company that stands under total supervision, from George Orwells of more negative utopia "1984".
The price sculpture to the "BigBrotherAward Germany" was sketched by the Oerlinghauser artist Peter summer. It shows one with lead volume gefesselte figure, that becomes of a glass disk durchtrennt on which a binaryer or hexadezimaler code stands to read: a passage out of Huxleys "quite new world".
The german BigBrotherAward becomes moved itself organized of the Bielefelder FoeBuD e. V., that 1987 as a society the production of the public and established unbewegten data traffic. The society was declared by Vernetzungsarbeit in that "Zerberus-network", its Mailbox "Bionic", the peace network "ZaMir" and its monthly organization row "PUBLIC DOMAIN" for subjects out of the future and technology, science and politics, art and cultivation.
On these pages, you find all information round around this first award of the trophy in Germany. The this year's Nominierungsfrist has been expired for the 25 September, would please us over stimulations and/or criticism under marginal address we.
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