How is this any different than right now? If your passport is mutilated (missing photo, pages, etc.), you need to get a new one anyway. It adds one other thing that can go wrong, sure, but it's nothing new.
Besides, considering the limited staff at the State Dept. and most embassies, you would think they would do their best to keep the teeming hordes and their RFIDs as far away as possible.
Interesting, thanks for the link. Does Linux have a UDI interface? Would it be possible to have an optimized API coexisting with the UDI one, and let the driver pick which one it wants to use?
Well, I suppose what I'm getting at isn't just a standard API, but a standard ABI as well. Currently, you need to recompile any modules you have every time you get a new kernel (or significantly change your current one). This prevents devices from shipping with a standard loadable module that could be used across Linux distros, much less different operating systems.
Today OSNews was talking about a Dvorak article in which he proclaims that if Microsoft created a Linux-Windows hybrid with the Windows driver layer, you would have instant compatibility with every device under the sun, and MS would take the Linux world by storm.
It's an interesting thought, and it brings up something I've been tossing around in my head for a while.
What if there existed an open standard for an operating system driver API? Such a standard would cover things like how the driver communicated with the kernel, how it was seen by the rest of the operating system, etc. If successful (and sufficiently free of restriction), it might be possible that many different operating systems would support it.
This would truly be one of the holy grails of computing: the device manufacturer would only need to write and maintain a single driver, and everything from Windows to BeOS would be able to use it.
Napster users who upload file names to the search index for others to copy violate plaintiffs' distribution rights. Napster users who download files containing copyrighted music violate plaintiffs' reproduction rights.
http://laws.findlaw.com/9th/0016401.htm l Pg. #4229
I would imagine they take reasonable effort to make sure that the people they target were actually trading illegal files. Download a movie on a bittorrent, make sure it's legit, then record all the IPs downloading the same thing, for instance.
If you get sued for downloading something that wasn't illegal, you don't have to settle. I'm sure if you bring it up in negotiations that the thing you downloaded was actually your cousin's piano recital, they'll opt to drop the suit rather than go to court and pay a nasty PR penalty when the words gets out. And if they're boneheaded and take you to court, a reasonable judge would make them pay your court costs and associated damages. Life, however, isn't fair, so perhaps somebody may get screwed.
Earlier this month, the MPAA filed lawsuits against computer networks utilizing a software technology known as BitTorrent, but these new suits were against end users, or people who actually downloaded the films.
Is this a change in tactic for both of the *AA orgs? I was under the impression that up to now, they had only sued the uploaders or the people facilitating the sharing.
Does anyone else find it sad that so many people today talk about music in terms of bulk quantity ("I downloaded a gig of music today")? It's like saying you bought 150 lbs of oil paintings.
Music is art, people, not manure to be consumed a truckload at a time.
Replying to my own comment here with more backup info:
239 F.3d 1004
Napster users who upload file names to the search index for others to copy violate plaintiffs' distribution rights. Napster users who download files containing copyrighted music violate plaintiffs' reproduction rights.
17 USC 106:
Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under
this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of
the following:
(1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or
phonorecords;
By downloading, the person is making a copy, and is thus infringing, unless you can come up with an exception in sections 107-122.
The solution from a consumer perspective, of course, is a PPP (price per page) index. I haven't seen any manufacturers advertising this, though. Are reviewers doing it?
"High-cost area"? Maybe, but not when it comes to broadband. Here in Starkville, Mississippi, I'm getting 256kbps/128kbps cable for $30/mo. A bump up to 1Gb/128Kb is an extra $10/mo.
I agree. Students are locked into a neverending upgrade cycle with textbooks. I'm not sure whether the blame should be placed with the publisher, the professor, or the school, but you've got books on Amazon that sell for $5 for the 2nd edition and $100 for the 3rd.
With computer books, I can see the need to update. But please, for our sakes, check out the price and availability of an older edition and see if you really need the updated one.
It's illegal not because of the act itself, but because of all the stuff that comes along with it.
Areas of prostitution in a town are usually accompanied by drugs, disease, gang activity, public indecency, statutory rape, etc. Those areas that have outlawed it saw the right of a person to have sex with another person for an exchange of money as expendible when they looked at the rest of the picture.
It's the same reason strip clubs aren't usually allowed in residential or commercial areas near the center of town. They don't want all the baggage that comes with them.
Las Vegas obviously saw it differently, but I'm sure they've enacted various regulations and such to provide the same effect.
This was upheld in a Supreme Court case, but I can't find it at the moment (something v. Ohio, maybe?)
Just for kicks, I did exactly what you suggested in Frontpage 2003.
It gave me a pretty slim page, including a couple <meta http-equiv=""> tags, a title, a <link> and <meta> for some CSS theme thing (probably a blank theme), and the standard <body> and <p> stuff.
The one thing it inexplicably omitted was the <!DOCTYPE> tag. I can't figure out how to make it put one without doing it by hand. Bad form, I say.
I tried the same thing in StarOffice 7, and that produced a nice clean HTML 4.01 Transitional page.
You know, it seems to me that, in theory, websites using the stock (or third-party available) themes for their individual CMSs is a good idea; it saves the creator work, it leaves the art to the artists, etc.
But whenever I visit a site that uses a theme I recognize, it always makes me cringe. It's like they can't be spared the time to make their own look and feel, or something.
True or not, that's just the feeling I get when I see such things (not FSF in particular, I didn't recognize its theme).
I (and from what I've seen, most other people, too) think LiveCD games are a terrible idea. Sure, you get a somewhat immersive experience, but it comes with a heap of problems and annoyances.
Patches - you can't patch or update the game; you have to burn a new updated CD
Mods, add-ons - no installing mods, extra levels, mutators, skins, etc.
Drivers - so the game was released before your new GeForce came out... you can't use it (if it's closed-source), or you have to download and burn a new updated CD
Rebooting - rebooting sucks, even for games. It destroys the whole experience of minimizing what you're doing for a quick round of UT2004 or whatever. Even if you have to close all your apps, it's better than rebooting the whole OS
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How is this any different than right now? If your passport is mutilated (missing photo, pages, etc.), you need to get a new one anyway. It adds one other thing that can go wrong, sure, but it's nothing new.
Besides, considering the limited staff at the State Dept. and most embassies, you would think they would do their best to keep the teeming hordes and their RFIDs as far away as possible.
Interesting, thanks for the link. Does Linux have a UDI interface? Would it be possible to have an optimized API coexisting with the UDI one, and let the driver pick which one it wants to use?
Well, I suppose what I'm getting at isn't just a standard API, but a standard ABI as well. Currently, you need to recompile any modules you have every time you get a new kernel (or significantly change your current one). This prevents devices from shipping with a standard loadable module that could be used across Linux distros, much less different operating systems.
I blogged an idea similar to this. Text below:
Today OSNews was talking about a Dvorak article in which he proclaims that if Microsoft created a Linux-Windows hybrid with the Windows driver layer, you would have instant compatibility with every device under the sun, and MS would take the Linux world by storm.
It's an interesting thought, and it brings up something I've been tossing around in my head for a while.
What if there existed an open standard for an operating system driver API? Such a standard would cover things like how the driver communicated with the kernel, how it was seen by the rest of the operating system, etc. If successful (and sufficiently free of restriction), it might be possible that many different operating systems would support it.
This would truly be one of the holy grails of computing: the device manufacturer would only need to write and maintain a single driver, and everything from Windows to BeOS would be able to use it.
AFAIK, after they sue, they present the relevant evidence to a judge, who authorizes some sort of subpoena to the ISP to reveal the identity.
I would imagine they take reasonable effort to make sure that the people they target were actually trading illegal files. Download a movie on a bittorrent, make sure it's legit, then record all the IPs downloading the same thing, for instance.
If you get sued for downloading something that wasn't illegal, you don't have to settle. I'm sure if you bring it up in negotiations that the thing you downloaded was actually your cousin's piano recital, they'll opt to drop the suit rather than go to court and pay a nasty PR penalty when the words gets out. And if they're boneheaded and take you to court, a reasonable judge would make them pay your court costs and associated damages. Life, however, isn't fair, so perhaps somebody may get screwed.
Is this a change in tactic for both of the *AA orgs? I was under the impression that up to now, they had only sued the uploaders or the people facilitating the sharing.
Just to avoid wild speculation here, Navigator 2.0 final came in at 3.19 MB.
Your point, however, stands.
Looks fine to me. Firefox 1.0/Linux
Does anyone else find it sad that so many people today talk about music in terms of bulk quantity ("I downloaded a gig of music today")? It's like saying you bought 150 lbs of oil paintings.
Music is art, people, not manure to be consumed a truckload at a time.
Wrong, downloading is reproduction, and reproduction is illegal unless it's fair use. Downloading music from p2p is not fair use.
Some places in the US do this, but it depends on the store. Wal-Mart doesn't here. I like unit pricing, so I try to go to stores that I know offer it.
The solution from a consumer perspective, of course, is a PPP (price per page) index. I haven't seen any manufacturers advertising this, though. Are reviewers doing it?
Argh, 1Mb, not 1Gb.
"High-cost area"? Maybe, but not when it comes to broadband. Here in Starkville, Mississippi, I'm getting 256kbps/128kbps cable for $30/mo. A bump up to 1Gb/128Kb is an extra $10/mo.
I agree. Students are locked into a neverending upgrade cycle with textbooks. I'm not sure whether the blame should be placed with the publisher, the professor, or the school, but you've got books on Amazon that sell for $5 for the 2nd edition and $100 for the 3rd.
With computer books, I can see the need to update. But please, for our sakes, check out the price and availability of an older edition and see if you really need the updated one.
It's illegal not because of the act itself, but because of all the stuff that comes along with it.
Areas of prostitution in a town are usually accompanied by drugs, disease, gang activity, public indecency, statutory rape, etc. Those areas that have outlawed it saw the right of a person to have sex with another person for an exchange of money as expendible when they looked at the rest of the picture.
It's the same reason strip clubs aren't usually allowed in residential or commercial areas near the center of town. They don't want all the baggage that comes with them.
Las Vegas obviously saw it differently, but I'm sure they've enacted various regulations and such to provide the same effect.
This was upheld in a Supreme Court case, but I can't find it at the moment (something v. Ohio, maybe?)
Just for kicks, I did exactly what you suggested in Frontpage 2003.
It gave me a pretty slim page, including a couple <meta http-equiv=""> tags, a title, a <link> and <meta> for some CSS theme thing (probably a blank theme), and the standard <body> and <p> stuff.
The one thing it inexplicably omitted was the <!DOCTYPE> tag. I can't figure out how to make it put one without doing it by hand. Bad form, I say.
I tried the same thing in StarOffice 7, and that produced a nice clean HTML 4.01 Transitional page.
You know, it seems to me that, in theory, websites using the stock (or third-party available) themes for their individual CMSs is a good idea; it saves the creator work, it leaves the art to the artists, etc.
But whenever I visit a site that uses a theme I recognize, it always makes me cringe. It's like they can't be spared the time to make their own look and feel, or something.
True or not, that's just the feeling I get when I see such things (not FSF in particular, I didn't recognize its theme).
" Okay, but legally how are they allowed to prevent a third party from linking to anything they put on the web?"
They can't. Those terms are for people who want to use their site. If you break their terms, they can delete your account or whatever.
Lots of people sending the exact same letter is a good way for the whole lot to be ignored.