In the US the federal government can not trump state law. It must have authority specifically granted by the constitution, or it must be able to apply the interstate commerce or navigable waterway clauses of the constition. These are often mis-applied to extend federal control over the states.
In the case of religion it's tough to make any case for the federal government to have any standing to pass laws.
You only have to look at medical marijuana and assisted suicide laws to see this in action.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
More importantly, this should be read only to apply to the Congress of the United States.
State legislatures ("The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. ", tenth ammendment) are free under the constitution to do whatever they want to when it comes to religion, although most have voluntarily limited their rights by enacting similar ammendments to their state constitutions.
This is one that the "constitutionalists" never seem to point out (I think they're too busy fighting over free speech and gun rights), but it is apparent that the founding fathers intended only to keep the federal government out of our places of worship.
I guess it was a game for geeks of the time, as it didn't seem to interest me then (before I was into computers).
This isn't too far off. In '85 when I was playing MULE only the "nerds" had computers to play with.
I had a Atari 130XE and MULE wouldn't run on it, but a friend and I would play MULE, Ultima4, or Alternate Reality for days on end given a chance. He had a tricked out Atari400 with 64K (I think) and a second keyboard hooked up. The 2 keyboards let us play Ultima as a multiplayer game. He and I each played half of the characters on the battle maps.
Disney and big media pay huge sums of money into the campaign coffers of congress for the "right" to withhold the copyrights on their old works. It's the same tax they are paying for dmca protection.
The problem is: that the tax we pay in the long run is much higher, as content that should be available and in the public domain is no longer even published.
It strikes me that your solution would be a good one (just be sure it isn't applied to patents), but a better one would be a realistically limited copyright. Without expiration, the copyright doesn't promote anything but sales. There is no incentive for the creator to do more creating if they can suck every last cent from a prior work.
So now, instead of just the script kiddies attacking M$ now we'll have all of the criminals attacking too. What better place to attack if you know there are medical and financial records. Hello identity theft.
Also, who's going to pay for the hailstorm service? When I go to another banks ATM's I get charged by both banks. Before I buy into a scheme like this I would like to see where the money is going to come from.
Contrast this with HS science teacher starting only about $5-10 more than typical TA pay
This is the reason I can't get a teaching certificate! I have a degree in math and would love to go back and start teaching, but I make 50K+ doing web programming. Who can afford to take the paycut to 27K that teachers in Oregon start at. It's actually easier to work towards a CS degree as a hobby than it is to start teaching high school.
Stallman's kind of like Nader... I think their both nuts, but once in a while they get something right. Their real problem is that they both have the personality of vogons.
We found some crap on our IIS server a couple of weeks ago.
Just guess the CIO's ( chemist ) response to my telling him that one of the options we were looking at was Linux or FreeBSD ( which run on our hardware ). I was told that he wouldn't support those changes because he needed someone to blame.
Would this work like the new software licensing deals? If I don't pay my subscription fee they shut off my AC, and then sell my information to spammers? While smarter air conditioners may be good in the long run, I would prefer it, if IBM spent their time building low cost car mp3-players.
Carrier dealers, installers and engineers will have individual unit control and be able to access key
customer data, the companies said.
About a year ago I read an article that had a similar premise to this. (can't for the life of me find the link though)
The article discussed at length the mistake of OS developers trying to mold the interfaces to the people using it. The problem is that the computer doesn't have the power adapt to everyone.
People, on the other hand, already are the ultimate adaptors, and could learn to use any device proficiently. Studies have proven that people do in fact recognize pictures faster than text, but at the same time input commands and data into a machine faster using a keyboard. Our brains are wired for the complex patterns and routines that make a command line environment very powerful.
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In the case of religion it's tough to make any case for the federal government to have any standing to pass laws.
You only have to look at medical marijuana and assisted suicide laws to see this in action.
They had no problem persecuting Catholics and others who were different from themselves, once they got here.
State legislatures ("The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. ", tenth ammendment) are free under the constitution to do whatever they want to when it comes to religion, although most have voluntarily limited their rights by enacting similar ammendments to their state constitutions. This is one that the "constitutionalists" never seem to point out (I think they're too busy fighting over free speech and gun rights), but it is apparent that the founding fathers intended only to keep the federal government out of our places of worship.
Don't forget that the HUGE suv has studded tires which chew up the roads.
This isn't too far off. In '85 when I was playing MULE only the "nerds" had computers to play with.
I had a Atari 130XE and MULE wouldn't run on it, but a friend and I would play MULE, Ultima4, or Alternate Reality for days on end given a chance. He had a tricked out Atari400 with 64K (I think) and a second keyboard hooked up. The 2 keyboards let us play Ultima as a multiplayer game. He and I each played half of the characters on the battle maps.
I don't think this is a problem at all. The article was about her impact on early game development, not her identity.
you might complain about the US copyright laws, but at least you can't have a criminal aquittal appealed.
Just like door-locks... they keep the honest people honest.
I'm in one of these neighborhoods. While it is a bit restrictive to get permission for everything, I did know about it before buying the place.
Plus- they don't allow any RV's and junk cars to be parked in my neighbor's yards. Not a bad trade in my opinion.
Disney and big media pay huge sums of money into the campaign coffers of congress for the "right" to withhold the copyrights on their old works. It's the same tax they are paying for dmca protection.
The problem is: that the tax we pay in the long run is much higher, as content that should be available and in the public domain is no longer even published.
It strikes me that your solution would be a good one (just be sure it isn't applied to patents), but a better one would be a realistically limited copyright. Without expiration, the copyright doesn't promote anything but sales. There is no incentive for the creator to do more creating if they can suck every last cent from a prior work.
Nope, I spent 10 months last year finding out that a math degree is worthless. Double major math/cs is the only way to fly.
It's just not right to question google.
my know nothing of the outside world windows pc is hobbiton(sp?)
Mine is similar, but I use Tolkien's place names.
The firewall for instance is rivendell
Couldn't this be done through the OS? Then we couldn't be accused of actually modifying the chipset thats doing the "protecting"
The only book I consistently go back to is the one written in Pascal (it might as well be pseudocode).
So now, instead of just the script kiddies attacking M$ now we'll have all of the criminals attacking too. What better place to attack if you know there are medical and financial records. Hello identity theft.
Also, who's going to pay for the hailstorm service? When I go to another banks ATM's I get charged by both banks. Before I buy into a scheme like this I would like to see where the money is going to come from.
This is the reason I can't get a teaching certificate! I have a degree in math and would love to go back and start teaching, but I make 50K+ doing web programming. Who can afford to take the paycut to 27K that teachers in Oregon start at. It's actually easier to work towards a CS degree as a hobby than it is to start teaching high school.
Stallman's kind of like Nader... I think their both nuts, but once in a while they get something right. Their real problem is that they both have the personality of vogons.
We found some crap on our IIS server a couple of weeks ago.
Just guess the CIO's ( chemist ) response to my telling him that one of the options we were looking at was Linux or FreeBSD ( which run on our hardware ). I was told that he wouldn't support those changes because he needed someone to blame.
This is exactly why the DMCA is such a bizaare law.
About a year ago I read an article that had a similar premise to this. (can't for the life of me find the link though) The article discussed at length the mistake of OS developers trying to mold the interfaces to the people using it. The problem is that the computer doesn't have the power adapt to everyone. People, on the other hand, already are the ultimate adaptors, and could learn to use any device proficiently. Studies have proven that people do in fact recognize pictures faster than text, but at the same time input commands and data into a machine faster using a keyboard. Our brains are wired for the complex patterns and routines that make a command line environment very powerful.
Reminds me of the old MasterLock adds where they put a bullet through the padlock.
I find the whole technological house to be fascinating. I do wonder how practicle alot of that stuff is though.