People bundle laws, i.e. all stabbings are bad, poisoning water is bad, but smoking crack is good.
There are limits, but in the case of the DMCA, the phrasing of it looks like normal rights.. well.. once rights we had, are now taken away, without considering why. Granted, they may have considered the old rights and all, but I'm sure the good could have been preserved.
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Technology, encryption, reverse engineering, mp3's, drm, sniffers.. they arne't inherently evil. It's the usage and if they go against your morals, ethics and general desires, if they are good or not.
Laws which put their use at all, as forbidden or not, is what should not be put into law. It's how they are used.
why is it so hard to prosecute these few individuals for abuse of the internet and indirect theft from business and government (taxpayer) coffers, especially if they are known?
It's not that simple. The same laws that govern one thing cannot always be easily applied to other things. Things aren't so black and white. Think of it like "hackers". A "hacker" goes to prison longer than, someone who does, what we consider, a worse crime.
The internet and computers are a new realm. There is very little that is tangible, other than the hardware and the electricity.
This might pan out nicely.. but that's why we fight the DMCA and support anti-spammer laws, right? Because our laws have to change.
I would seriously hope that a response in the form of a question, "Why do we want to move Mt. Fuji?", would be accepted as wise, in favor of some blind estimate of how much work it would require.
Simple... because you were asked to. Remember, this is a test question, not a business/strategy type thing you can simply dodge or change. If you did ask why, i'm sure you'd get a "because we need to".
Another answer... you get more usable surface area with the least amount of metal too.
The minimum width of the cover is always the radius. If it was an 8 sided shape, you'd get wasted corners that could be used to widen other parts. A square would have a larger minimum. A flat line, of course, is the worst. As angles go up, the larger your minimum width goes.
If everything in the world was box shaped, circles would be stupid for that type of thing.
If the project is active in ANY way... it's successful. How many "dead" opensource projects out there are still used just 'ccause the app is cool?
Any FreeBSD 2.x machine.. openbsd 2.x.. linux 1.x.x.x.x.x (ok, i added a few.x's... it amused me).
meta-html, a foul foul language written by bash author was a huge failure. About 10 people used it, one person developed it, and it did things badly. Well, maybe the fact it gets used at all at some pointmakes it successful.
Hacking is an addiction. Furthermore, a succesfull cracker does not necessarily make a good security expert. You wouldn't give a 5 time convicted drunk driver their license, even if they haven't touched alcohol for years... Why? Because it can be too easy, too much of a temptation to fall back into old habits.
I hate analogies and the adiction slashdot has with it.
It depends on how he was caught. If he drove well, pulled over, got out of his car and bumped into a cop, circumstances say otherwise.
Just because you did something and got caught, doesn't mean has 0 correlation on how well you did it. People steal candy and rob banks, and sometimes never get caught. Sometimes, attempted thieves, like not paying for gas, get caught in a matter of seconds.
So if a particular drunk driver drives really well, fuck yeah, keep him boozin'!
One problem. A lot of OSS happens in spare time. I can't sleep, I write some code. Im too sleepy, i don't.
You can't deliver a product easily when your staff has erratic schedules. Moz and freebsd do well, probably, and I'm guessing, because they have a lot of people doing work in real life.
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There's always the counterpoint, which is fearful. Some tools are just outlawed, 'cause there is no good use.
Look at the AK-47. Name a particularly good reason why you need a fully automatic (automagic) weapon. Having a firearm is enough, no?
THe problem is, everyone, everwhere see's computers and various technologies as AK-47's. No depth perception.
He said mass.. not ass.
You mean "there is no spoon". :)
Not complete. By accepting the fact you are a slave, you agree to it.
Btw, slavery doesn't involve a tool. It involves psychology.. something that is applied :P
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You'd have to say, human's aren't inherently evil. If it goes against morals, etc.. to have humans.
Hey, if everyone, and i do mean everyone, agrees to slavery, sure. Isn't that what S&M is about?
It's the corrupted part of our politics.
People lobby, "contribute money".
People bundle laws, i.e. all stabbings are bad, poisoning water is bad, but smoking crack is good.
There are limits, but in the case of the DMCA, the phrasing of it looks like normal rights.. well.. once rights we had, are now taken away, without considering why. Granted, they may have considered the old rights and all, but I'm sure the good could have been preserved.
Technology, encryption, reverse engineering, mp3's, drm, sniffers.. they arne't inherently evil. It's the usage and if they go against your morals, ethics and general desires, if they are good or not.
Laws which put their use at all, as forbidden or not, is what should not be put into law. It's how they are used.
But...
It's not that simple. The same laws that govern one thing cannot always be easily applied to other things. Things aren't so black and white. Think of it like "hackers". A "hacker" goes to prison longer than, someone who does, what we consider, a worse crime.
The internet and computers are a new realm. There is very little that is tangible, other than the hardware and the electricity.
This might pan out nicely.. but that's why we fight the DMCA and support anti-spammer laws, right? Because our laws have to change.
I asked someone else this question, who in turn, asked it back.
I was told, all I have is a shovel. So I said, i'd use a shovel, and from top down, move it.
Then they said, move it to America... said I can't. I don't have enough money.
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Right. duh.
Simple... because you were asked to. Remember, this is a test question, not a business/strategy type thing you can simply dodge or change. If you did ask why, i'm sure you'd get a "because we need to".
rotflmao, I hate you. You can't answer a riddle with another riddle :D
Another answer... you get more usable surface area with the least amount of metal too.
The minimum width of the cover is always the radius. If it was an 8 sided shape, you'd get wasted corners that could be used to widen other parts. A square would have a larger minimum. A flat line, of course, is the worst. As angles go up, the larger your minimum width goes.
If everything in the world was box shaped, circles would be stupid for that type of thing.
I rather use the zen-ish answer.
One rock at a time.
There's a lot you don't know about the problem, so engineering such a simple question is virtually impossible.
Or buy a console. But that's another philisophical battle.. consoles or computer (pc/mac/freebsd) games.
If the project is active in ANY way... it's successful. How many "dead" opensource projects out there are still used just 'ccause the app is cool?
.x's... it amused me).
Any FreeBSD 2.x machine.. openbsd 2.x.. linux 1.x.x.x.x.x (ok, i added a few
meta-html, a foul foul language written by bash author was a huge failure. About 10 people used it, one person developed it, and it did things badly. Well, maybe the fact it gets used at all at some pointmakes it successful.
Who knows...
Use it like write back cache.. or write through. Your choice. Less chance of loss, eh?
Just query by uid, and reverse it. at one request every 10 minutes, you'll be done by the end of the month :)
Too bad you can't use that 3d technology in Duke Nuke'em forever.
Wait a minute...
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Just to kill the analogy a little more.
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Study: Drunk Folks Not As Reckless As You'd Think
I know. It's just a news article, but interesting to prove that someone can fathom the idea of being drunk as not a bad thing
I hate analogies and the adiction slashdot has with it.
It depends on how he was caught. If he drove well, pulled over, got out of his car and bumped into a cop, circumstances say otherwise.
Just because you did something and got caught, doesn't mean has 0 correlation on how well you did it. People steal candy and rob banks, and sometimes never get caught. Sometimes, attempted thieves, like not paying for gas, get caught in a matter of seconds.
So if a particular drunk driver drives really well, fuck yeah, keep him boozin'!
One problem. A lot of OSS happens in spare time. I can't sleep, I write some code. Im too sleepy, i don't.
You can't deliver a product easily when your staff has erratic schedules. Moz and freebsd do well, probably, and I'm guessing, because they have a lot of people doing work in real life.
Amend the license. Freely distributable.. except to sco. SUCK IT!
Genetic engineering don't kill people. Genetic engineers do.
Sorry.