the FBI will only help you if the dollar amount of the losses due to the crime is anticipated to be sufficiently high.
ex. in case of something like a domain hijacking (via NSI's stupid email authentication) the limit is around $5000. if you didn't lose $5K, the FBI won't help you, period.
i suppose it's probably just a matter of resource allocation on the FBI's part, but still...
ugh. you had to remind me.... i'm 1/2way through my second attempt at GEB. maybe i'm stupid, but that book is a mind bender. it's like re-reading my college calc book, for fun.
It has encouraged Intel's innovation. Look at it from Intel's perspective, not the perspective of someone trying to compete with them.
Because patent protections exist, Intel feels comfortable in spending R&D money on this product. They know that nobody can legally use the ideas they've come up, for a time.
If you were to come up with a sweet idea (i'm not implying anything about Intel's ideas!!) you could use the same protection, patents, to stop people from profiting from your effort. That is how patents encourage innovation: by protecting the IP of inventors, not by encouraging companies to compete with existing tech..
Software patents enable Compuserve, for example, to patent a compression algorithm or a program that reads or writes a specific file format.
Sure, patents make that possible. But, as you are apparently referring to GIFs, you are off base.
The GIF format is not patented, by anyone. The LZW compression algorithm, that GIF uses, is patented, not by Compuserve, but by the Unisys corporation.
I suppose if enough people continue to misuse this phrase it will enter the general lexicon and the transformation/bastardization will then be more formally recognized. But this hasn't happened yet, so for now it's simply wrong to apply the term this way.
I disagree 100%. I'll wager that everyone reading knew perfectly well what the original poster was saying, the "misuse" has obviously entered the general lexicon and therefore is not a misuse, but a common and well-understood phrase.
Wow. A whole one sale a month thanks to copy protection. And how much did it cost your company to implement it? <p>
That's one per month that we hear about. Obviously, not everyone is going to tell us they were looknig for a crack and couldn't find one.
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There are plenty of cracks out there for our stuff. But we release often and don't allow people to download old versions from our site. So, the cracks are obsolete within a week. We know how to play the game.
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usic piracy is a really great thing. i hope it sinks the recording industry. the recording is EVIL. it steals artists rights and property and benefits very few, very successful artists
...right ! we need to be able to steal directly from the artists instead of stealing from the middlemen!
i will say it again (though i know nobody's listening:) ) :
not every program costs $4000. my company doesn't sell anything that costs over $50.
we need piracy... there is nothing negative about it since the people who download warez would never have bought those same warez in stores, hence the companies dont loose any money...
you are either 16 or a complete idiot, or both. i get at least one email a month from someone telling me that they tried to find a crack for our stuff but couldn't, so they are registering anyway because they really need our software.
let me rephrase that for you: people want our stuff. but, if they can't find a crack, they will sometimes pay for it.
it is quite obvious, to someone who is on the producing side of the deal, that "we" don't need piracy.
it happened to me last year. the fucker got my domain and asked me to send him my credit card info so that he could charge $200 to it, before he would give me the domain back. needless to say, i didn't play.
NSI came around, after a week of faxes, emails and threatening phone calls from me and my lawyer.
the FBI wouldn't help because i couldn't honestly say i'd lost more than $5000 in the time my domain was out of my control.
Do you really want Walmart decides what CDs should be widely available? <p>
You answered your own rhetorical question:
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They are the number 1 seller of CDs already.
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Obviously, WalMart decides which CDs to sell and which not to. They decide based mostly on estimated popularity, and therefore leave out anything but the top few hundred most popular CDs from the recent years - CDs that will sell quickly. And as the number 1 seller of CDs, they have decided that those few hundred CDs will be the CDs that are widely available.
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Luckily, there are still a few small independent stores around most decent sized cities. And, there's always mail order and the net
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I defy you to find an olde english word which means the same thing.
understand, grasp, comprehend, know.
do i need to get a thesaurus?
just kidding, though. i think grok is a fine word.
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As a result, there's a huge chunk of people who would probably rather use it than a demo version of Pain Shop Pro, but it's just not worth it on Windows.
Pain Shop Pro is by far my favorite program - especially with its new "Distributed Suffering" features. I can make my boss double over in agony (using my favorite tool, the virtual 1/4" abdominal slice) with just a few clicks.
In my opinion, the ability to inflict pain at a distance is well worth the minor pain of running Windows. And, as a long-time user of Pain Shop and Pain Shop Pro, I rather enjoy it.
You know, I'm really growing tired of this Al Gore invented the internet debate.
Then why, oh why, did you even bring it up?
But then Al Gore claims internet creatorship because he sponsored finance bills which helped turn Darpanet into the internet?
Yeah, so?
So, isn't this a lot like patenting Kerberos, or 1-click shopping? Isn't it like all of those lousy patents where all they are is different implementations of the same technology?
No, it's more like a politician doing his job (sponsoring legislation). It's really nothing like getting patents on (presumably) obvious technology.
This bill will allow access to many different kinds of records of anyone _in contact_ with a Fugitive
so, if i'm a fugitive and i get 100 emails for bulk toner cartridges, does this mean the FBI will seek out and shutdown that totally annoying Benchmark Supply Company ?
Im sorry, but using your vote as a form of protest wont be effective. Just pick one who you can most favor.
fuck that. i'll vote for who i damn well want to. just because two groups of politicians got together and said "these are the only two people you can choose from" doesn't make it so.
there's nothing really stopping you from getting through most fences - you can jump over, tunnel underneath, cut through, etc. it's mostly a matter of your own determination.
the thing that really stops you though is the thought that says "this fence here signifies a boundary between what one entity claims and that which is claimed by another. do i have the right to cross this fence?". and you know that you either can or can't. and the decision is based on uncountably many factors that are specific to you : your society, culture, upbringing, laws, mindset, social status, blood sugar, etc..
a fence is a symbol: it keeps honest people honest; "good fences make good neighbors", etc.. IP laws are fences. and as with all fences, it's up to you to decide if you should cross them.
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prove it.
Mafia dealings...
prove it.
Whitewater, et al....
prove it.
Underhanded campeign deals with the Chinese, etc...
prove it, or shut up.
-c
the FBI will only help you if the dollar amount of the losses due to the crime is anticipated to be sufficiently high.
ex. in case of something like a domain hijacking (via NSI's stupid email authentication) the limit is around $5000. if you didn't lose $5K, the FBI won't help you, period.
i suppose it's probably just a matter of resource allocation on the FBI's part, but still...
-c
you grab the needles and the scales and get it all outta here...
apologies to steely dan
-c
Because patent protections exist, Intel feels comfortable in spending R&D money on this product. They know that nobody can legally use the ideas they've come up, for a time.
If you were to come up with a sweet idea (i'm not implying anything about Intel's ideas!!) you could use the same protection, patents, to stop people from profiting from your effort. That is how patents encourage innovation: by protecting the IP of inventors, not by encouraging companies to compete with existing tech..
-c
Sure, patents make that possible. But, as you are apparently referring to GIFs, you are off base.
The GIF format is not patented, by anyone. The LZW compression algorithm, that GIF uses, is patented, not by Compuserve, but by the Unisys corporation.
Just thought I'd clear that up.
-c
I disagree 100%. I'll wager that everyone reading knew perfectly well what the original poster was saying, the "misuse" has obviously entered the general lexicon and therefore is not a misuse, but a common and well-understood phrase.
-c
Wow. A whole one sale a month thanks to copy protection. And how much did it cost your company to implement it?
<p>
That's one per month that we hear about. Obviously, not everyone is going to tell us they were looknig for a crack and couldn't find one.
<p>
There are plenty of cracks out there for our stuff. But we release often and don't allow people to download old versions from our site. So, the cracks are obsolete within a week. We know how to play the game.
<p>
-c
-c
i will say it again (though i know nobody's listening :) ) :
not every program costs $4000. my company doesn't sell anything that costs over $50.
we need piracy... there is nothing negative about it since the people who download warez would never have bought those same warez in stores, hence the companies dont loose any money...
you are either 16 or a complete idiot, or both. i get at least one email a month from someone telling me that they tried to find a crack for our stuff but couldn't, so they are registering anyway because they really need our software.
let me rephrase that for you: people want our stuff. but, if they can't find a crack, they will sometimes pay for it.
it is quite obvious, to someone who is on the producing side of the deal, that "we" don't need piracy.
-c
it happened to me last year. the fucker got my domain and asked me to send him my credit card info so that he could charge $200 to it, before he would give me the domain back. needless to say, i didn't play.
NSI came around, after a week of faxes, emails and threatening phone calls from me and my lawyer.
the FBI wouldn't help because i couldn't honestly say i'd lost more than $5000 in the time my domain was out of my control.
-c
Do you really want Walmart decides what CDs should be widely available?
<p>
You answered your own rhetorical question:
<p>
<i>
They are the number 1 seller of CDs already.
</i>
<p>
Obviously, WalMart decides which CDs to sell and which not to. They decide based mostly on estimated popularity, and therefore leave out anything but the top few hundred most popular CDs from the recent years - CDs that will sell quickly. And as the number 1 seller of CDs, they have decided that those few hundred CDs will be the CDs that are widely available.
<p>
Luckily, there are still a few small independent stores around most decent sized cities. And, there's always mail order and the net
understand, grasp, comprehend, know.
do i need to get a thesaurus?
just kidding, though. i think grok is a fine word.
-c
Pain Shop Pro is by far my favorite program - especially with its new "Distributed Suffering" features. I can make my boss double over in agony (using my favorite tool, the virtual 1/4" abdominal slice) with just a few clicks.
In my opinion, the ability to inflict pain at a distance is well worth the minor pain of running Windows. And, as a long-time user of Pain Shop and Pain Shop Pro, I rather enjoy it.
-c
Wow, i bet that's a fair and unbiased source for such information.
Read this.
-c
Then why, oh why, did you even bring it up?
But then Al Gore claims internet creatorship because he sponsored finance bills which helped turn Darpanet into the internet?
Yeah, so?
So, isn't this a lot like patenting Kerberos, or 1-click shopping? Isn't it like all of those lousy patents where all they are is different implementations of the same technology?
No, it's more like a politician doing his job (sponsoring legislation). It's really nothing like getting patents on (presumably) obvious technology.
-c
Prove it.
-c
so, if i'm a fugitive and i get 100 emails for bulk toner cartridges, does this mean the FBI will seek out and shutdown that totally annoying Benchmark Supply Company ?
if so, can someone suggest an appropriate crime?
-c
fuck that. i'll vote for who i damn well want to. just because two groups of politicians got together and said "these are the only two people you can choose from" doesn't make it so.
...and how much water would 500 million hydrogen burning cars make in a year? in ten years?
there's nothing really stopping you from getting through most fences - you can jump over, tunnel underneath, cut through, etc. it's mostly a matter of your own determination.
the thing that really stops you though is the thought that says "this fence here signifies a boundary between what one entity claims and that which is claimed by another. do i have the right to cross this fence?". and you know that you either can or can't. and the decision is based on uncountably many factors that are specific to you : your society, culture, upbringing, laws, mindset, social status, blood sugar, etc..
a fence is a symbol: it keeps honest people honest; "good fences make good neighbors", etc.. IP laws are fences. and as with all fences, it's up to you to decide if you should cross them.
-c
...until it becomes illegal to manufacture and sell non-SDMI-compliant devices. (hint: VCRs and MacroVision)
-c
screw the article... he said Jumpman! what a great game. man i wish i still my C64.
Actually, that's where it's just like the northern USA. I'll take a North Carolina winter over an upstate NY winter any time...
-c
the whole thing is a huge fucking scam.