Today it is just a question of waiting. When the DVD comes out, it is all free. If you know how to download and have no moral objection to it. The people that do not are supporting the industry and letting the rest leech for free.
Small change in text, but its an important one.
Saying DVDs or Digital Distributed versions of a TV Show/Movie are too expensive is one thing.
Out and out downloading it for free "if you know how" might be something lots of people do, but that doesn't make it right (morally, or legally).
They tried those in Iraq during the first part of the Gulf War II. They proved largely ineffective, since their use just invited a HARM to come calling.
Fortunately most Federal, State and City POLICE manuals seem to feel that HARM use on civilian targets is usually contraindicated.
Its also possible that my opening of a coke can will unsettle the quantum state of the water molecules vaporized in the air consequentially causing a pony to spontaneously appear.
Which is precisely why Coke kill a pony for every can they make;)
With all due respect, but if a given piece of paper ALONE allows a person to blow up a plane, then you are way more screwed than you think.
There is NO document alone that could describe such a situation, and if you COULD find such a simple document that provided such a disproportionate ability (all by itself) of blowing up a plane. Even if the document described how to build a bomb using items you're likely to find on-board the plane itself, I'd be very surprised if:
1) a would be terrorist couldn't simply memorize it (they aren't necessarily DUMB, just committed to a cause) 2) you couldn't just drop the document into a file on a netbook for ~$200 (it can even run linux, so he gets the most "bang for his buck").
Okay, now according to you, no one should be allowed to board a plane until the contents of every electronic device they carry is scrutinized to make sure it doesn't contain this mythical "How to blow up a plane in 5 easy steps" document.
If there is a piece of the plane THAT sensitive, it should be secured (see: Cockpit). If there is an item that bringing onboard would be that dangerous, then the item should be banned/controlled (see: Explosives).
There is little that ANY document can do by itself.
Which is a good example of why I will not get a Motorola phone, or get cell phone service from Verizon (despite how much I want all those people from the adverts to follow me around~).
Most other cell phones are "good enough" in my area, and I'd rather go with T-mobile who don't lock their phones to Kingdom Come just to force you to buy more services from them.
Unless there's a way to blow up the aircraft with said papers their content shouldn't matter.
Now if you were packing C4 and detonators you should probably be checked out. But plain old information? Without acting on it, information is basically harmless.
You're missing the train of thought the TSA employee went through.
1) The was information. 2) Information is Knowledge. 3) Knowledge is Power. 4) Power Corrupts. 5) Power is dangerous to a Plane in operation (it could blow up the fuel tank). 6) Corruption is dangerous to a Plane in operation (it could cause a wing to fall off or the fuselage to break apart). 7) Information is therefore dangerous to a Plane in operation since it is both Power and Corrupting. QED This so called "Writer" was attempting to smuggle a WMD onto a plane and should be treated accordingly.
Well on the 360 of PS3 they could simply include a trophy/achievement like "Hard-Core" or "Old-School" for "having made it through the game without using the cheat mode"
Most games already DO this by including a "Complete the game on Hard difficulty without changing the difficulty setting" Trophy.
On the Wii? Who really cares anyway? There is no subjective way for people to measure themselves ala Trophies/Achievements, so why bother?
The systems are built around entirely different models. The Wii only really cares about "local multiplayer" at most. Nintendo wants you to buy lots and lots of their "controller du-jour" to play with your friends. Friend-codes are a pain in the neck and most people I know don't even bother. On the PS3/360? The opposite. Fewer controller options, and most focus on on-line interaction/multiplay.
Its an interesting dichotomy that I haven't seen anybody point out before.
Thanks, you learn something new every day on Slashdot.
Interesting link to FoxNY article. Its interesting how they mention teaming up the TSA screener with an NYC Police officer (presumably to fill in their ignorance of dealing with actual laws instead of Airport security).
I'm waiting for the first blowup when a TSA screener attempts to take a nail file from someone getting on the Subway, simply because they are used to it being a problem (or maybe it'll just heighten their paranoia on that person).
Don't be so cavalier. The DHS has jurisdiction on all forms of mass transportation. They could just as easily set up shop at a bus station, a train station, or a subway station.
Don't be so cavalier yourself. While the TSA probably can set up shop at bus and train stations that service multiple states, setting up at a subway station would probably be WAY beyond their mandate.
Subways typically serve only one city, let alone interstate transit, and I would be surprised if ANY state were willing to relinquish jurisdiction to the TSA given the choice.
There is a reason the "spot checks" in the NYC Subway (set up a folding table by the turnstiles and do random bag checks) are performed by NYC Police Officers and not TSA employees.
Okay, I'll admit that, like most Slashdotters, I skip the occasional article and jump straight into the comments, but people should really take the time to read this one!
For instance:
Had Savana been suspected of having illegal drugs that could have posed a far greater danger to herself and other students, the strip search, too, might have been justified, the majority said, in an opinion by Justice David H. Souter.
and
Justice Clarence Thomas was the only member of the court to conclude that the strip search of Savana Redding did not violate the Fourth Amendment. He asserted that the majority's finding second-guesses the measures that educators take to maintain discipline "and ensure the health and safety of the students in their charge."
The discussion about wether the School Administrator should be held responsible is similarly contentious.
Its nice to know that they chose well on upholding her rights, but its sad how close a thing it seems from the article.
under what law? afaict iran doesn't have a copyright treaty with the USA.....
Doesn't matter. I still say we send as many lawyers to Iran as the MPAA needs to argue the case (the more the better). In fact, I might even be willing to pay a tax just to send them there (they can use the money they win litigating to get back).
Of course I can see one or two ways this could backfire...
Apr 1, 2012, CNN:
"And in todays news, the MPAA deployed another brigade of Lawyers to Iran, equipped with new Arbiter Mk-V Summons Dispenser. bringing the total Amicus count to 24,000. The Lead Attorney on the case reports they expect closing arguments in Tehran to be done by the end of the month, but they expect the trials to drag on in the outlying cities.":shudder:
I suspect that your original question was rhetorical, but look at the bright side. At least there are reports of arrests of Mousavi and Co. rather than just disappearances (although I'm sure those are happening also).
The sad truth is that in most of the rest of the world, revolution is the only effective means for a change of government. The advantage of Democracy (so far at least) as practiced in places like the U.S. is that it allows for changes in government to take place without the nasty "war-like" side effect that most revolutions entail. The down side is that changes are USUALLY slower to take place.
I hope that:
1) Iran transitions into a government that truly reflects the wishes of its people without bloodshed (alright, that moment is past. Without the need for FURTHER bloodshed). 2) The wishes of its people are for a government that will interact with the rest of the world in the tolerant and open fashion that the rest of the world has come to expect from most modern countries.
From the Fine Slashdot Summary: "Perhaps this was not the best choice in films if you want your people not to believe that "even the smallest person can change the course of the future."
Fortunately in the version edited for Iran and translated into Pharsi, the Hobbits are working to combat the idolators, and re-establish Sharia in Middle Earth.
The whole of Europe was late in industrialising? Compared to which planet??
I would agree. Europe was actually the leaders in terms of the industrial revolution, but most of Europe was bombed to heck during WWII.
In contrast the U.S. had built up a huge industrial base during the same time frame, so, while Europe had the opportunity to wipe out any SI manufacturing equipment that might have been left and start from scratch, the U.S. had built up a huge surplus of both industrial capacity and labor who knew how to use it.
That has probably been the largest contributing factor to the U.S. switching to Metric.
Well... that along with a strong economic position which made any switch fiscally unattractive in the short term and a political position to preclude outside pressure forcing the switch on the country.
It will probably happen, but it may take another 50-100 years before it does.
I always figure the easiest way to start the switch was to mandate that Gas, Milk, and all liquids be sold in Metric units. Most of the liquid containers are already counting Metric, and most plastic bottle formed are already formed to metric amounts (for the most part). It would be a simple push that would move us along. Dry good measurements will be tougher, as will distance measurements, but we'll get there eventually.
Hell, DirectX 11 will be giving us all a standard language for GPU computing. No more bullshit between ATi and Nvidia.
But that's from MS. That can't be a good thing.
No, it isn't a good thing. Its one more proprietary Windows "standard", as opposed to what Apple brought to the table in OpenCL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL), a cross platform standard for doing GPU computing, that is now officially controlled by the Khronos Group (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khronos_Group) who includes such members as AMD, nVidia and intel.
OpenCL is going to be part of Snow Leopard (to be released in the fall), and I expect AMD (at least) to bring it to Linux.
While I certainly believe tat the media has over-hyped H1N1, you have to also remember where the Scientific community's concern is.
The way it went with "the flu" that we keep hearing about in the '20s is that.
1) There was suddenly a spring flu that was both out of season and relatively mild (what we have now, and H1N1 appears to also be related to that earlier strain)
2) By the time of the Fall and the "usual" flu season, the strain from early spring had mutated dramatically making it extremely deadly (as these things go, killing 10-20% of those infected vs. the usual 0.1%). An estimated 500K-600K died in the U.S. (just to give an idea of scope).
Now, #2 MIGHT still happen, and its what those in the Infectious Disease community are afraid of, but you're right, the current version of H1N1 is relatively benign and overhyped by the media... so far.
The goal of these must be to program people to get used to ridiculous measures for their "security."
Not necessarily, the goal could also be to have something "concrete" to point to when the mobs fear of H1N1 demands that the government do SOMETHING to protect them.
"See? We tried to screen at the airport to keep it from coming in, but people cheated to get around our screening. THOSE people are who you should be mad at, not US."
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Small change in text, but its an important one.
Saying DVDs or Digital Distributed versions of a TV Show/Movie are too expensive is one thing.
Out and out downloading it for free "if you know how" might be something lots of people do, but that doesn't make it right (morally, or legally).
Fortunately most Federal, State and City POLICE manuals seem to feel that HARM use on civilian targets is usually contraindicated.
No, they couldn't. Legislature wouldn't have anywhere near the number of bills they currently pass.
Additionally, just think of all the Incumbents who'll be quaking in their boots come re-election day?
"Look how little he did to help YOU while he was in office?" (says their opponent from the OTHER party)
And even if the incumbent did a good job for the country, most voters would buy it and elect the person who promised them Bread and Circuses.
Precisely.
With all due respect, but if a given piece of paper ALONE allows a person to blow up a plane, then you are way more screwed than you think.
There is NO document alone that could describe such a situation, and if you COULD find such a simple document that provided such a disproportionate ability (all by itself) of blowing up a plane.
Even if the document described how to build a bomb using items you're likely to find on-board the plane itself, I'd be very surprised if:
1) a would be terrorist couldn't simply memorize it (they aren't necessarily DUMB, just committed to a cause)
2) you couldn't just drop the document into a file on a netbook for ~$200 (it can even run linux, so he gets the most "bang for his buck").
Okay, now according to you, no one should be allowed to board a plane until the contents of every electronic device they carry is scrutinized to make sure it doesn't contain this mythical "How to blow up a plane in 5 easy steps" document.
If there is a piece of the plane THAT sensitive, it should be secured (see: Cockpit).
If there is an item that bringing onboard would be that dangerous, then the item should be banned/controlled (see: Explosives).
There is little that ANY document can do by itself.
Which is a good example of why I will not get a Motorola phone, or get cell phone service from Verizon (despite how much I want all those people from the adverts to follow me around~).
Most other cell phones are "good enough" in my area, and I'd rather go with T-mobile who don't lock their phones to Kingdom Come just to force you to buy more services from them.
You're missing the train of thought the TSA employee went through.
1) The was information.
2) Information is Knowledge.
3) Knowledge is Power.
4) Power Corrupts.
5) Power is dangerous to a Plane in operation (it could blow up the fuel tank).
6) Corruption is dangerous to a Plane in operation (it could cause a wing to fall off or the fuselage to break apart).
7) Information is therefore dangerous to a Plane in operation since it is both Power and Corrupting.
QED This so called "Writer" was attempting to smuggle a WMD onto a plane and should be treated accordingly.
~
Beamed Microwave transmission from Orbiting Solar Power Satellites.
Then we just need to work on travel to harvest Venus/the Asteroid Belt/etc. to renew our supply of HydroCarbons and metals.
Well on the 360 of PS3 they could simply include a trophy/achievement like "Hard-Core" or "Old-School" for "having made it through the game without using the cheat mode"
Most games already DO this by including a "Complete the game on Hard difficulty without changing the difficulty setting" Trophy.
On the Wii? Who really cares anyway? There is no subjective way for people to measure themselves ala Trophies/Achievements, so why bother?
The systems are built around entirely different models. The Wii only really cares about "local multiplayer" at most. Nintendo wants you to buy lots and lots of their "controller du-jour" to play with your friends. Friend-codes are a pain in the neck and most people I know don't even bother. On the PS3/360? The opposite. Fewer controller options, and most focus on on-line interaction/multiplay.
Its an interesting dichotomy that I haven't seen anybody point out before.
Thats one of the ones in the "lower 62" right?
Thanks, you learn something new every day on Slashdot.
Interesting link to FoxNY article. Its interesting how they mention teaming up the TSA screener with an NYC Police officer (presumably to fill in their ignorance of dealing with actual laws instead of Airport security).
I'm waiting for the first blowup when a TSA screener attempts to take a nail file from someone getting on the Subway, simply because they are used to it being a problem (or maybe it'll just heighten their paranoia on that person).
Yeah, TSA screeners, "Great idea" :/
Don't be so cavalier yourself. While the TSA probably can set up shop at bus and train stations that service multiple states, setting up at a subway station would probably be WAY beyond their mandate.
Subways typically serve only one city, let alone interstate transit, and I would be surprised if ANY state were willing to relinquish jurisdiction to the TSA given the choice.
There is a reason the "spot checks" in the NYC Subway (set up a folding table by the turnstiles and do random bag checks) are performed by NYC Police Officers and not TSA employees.
Okay, I'll admit that, like most Slashdotters, I skip the occasional article and jump straight into the comments, but people should really take the time to read this one!
For instance:
and
The discussion about wether the School Administrator should be held responsible is similarly contentious.
Its nice to know that they chose well on upholding her rights, but its sad how close a thing it seems from the article.
Doesn't matter. I still say we send as many lawyers to Iran as the MPAA needs to argue the case (the more the better). In fact, I might even be willing to pay a tax just to send them there (they can use the money they win litigating to get back).
Of course I can see one or two ways this could backfire ...
Apr 1, 2012, CNN:
"And in todays news, the MPAA deployed another brigade of Lawyers to Iran, equipped with new Arbiter Mk-V Summons Dispenser. bringing the total Amicus count to 24,000. The Lead Attorney on the case reports they expect closing arguments in Tehran to be done by the end of the month, but they expect the trials to drag on in the outlying cities." :shudder:
Short Answer: Yes.
Long Answer: If you have to ask the above question then I suggest you re-read the definition of "Tyranny" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tyranny.
I suspect that your original question was rhetorical, but look at the bright side. At least there are reports of arrests of Mousavi and Co. rather than just disappearances (although I'm sure those are happening also).
The sad truth is that in most of the rest of the world, revolution is the only effective means for a change of government. The advantage of Democracy (so far at least) as practiced in places like the U.S. is that it allows for changes in government to take place without the nasty "war-like" side effect that most revolutions entail. The down side is that changes are USUALLY slower to take place.
I hope that:
1) Iran transitions into a government that truly reflects the wishes of its people without bloodshed (alright, that moment is past. Without the need for FURTHER bloodshed).
2) The wishes of its people are for a government that will interact with the rest of the world in the tolerant and open fashion that the rest of the world has come to expect from most modern countries.
Fortunately in the version edited for Iran and translated into Pharsi, the Hobbits are working to combat the idolators, and re-establish Sharia in Middle Earth.
I would agree. Europe was actually the leaders in terms of the industrial revolution, but most of Europe was bombed to heck during WWII.
In contrast the U.S. had built up a huge industrial base during the same time frame, so, while Europe had the opportunity to wipe out any SI manufacturing equipment that might have been left and start from scratch, the U.S. had built up a huge surplus of both industrial capacity and labor who knew how to use it.
That has probably been the largest contributing factor to the U.S. switching to Metric.
Well ... that along with a strong economic position which made any switch fiscally unattractive in the short term and a political position to preclude outside pressure forcing the switch on the country.
It will probably happen, but it may take another 50-100 years before it does.
I always figure the easiest way to start the switch was to mandate that Gas, Milk, and all liquids be sold in Metric units. Most of the liquid containers are already counting Metric, and most plastic bottle formed are already formed to metric amounts (for the most part). It would be a simple push that would move us along. Dry good measurements will be tougher, as will distance measurements, but we'll get there eventually.
Its a sad sad day when an reference to the "Endless September" is marked down as Offtopic.
No, it isn't a good thing. Its one more proprietary Windows "standard", as opposed to what Apple brought to the table in OpenCL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL), a cross platform standard for doing GPU computing, that is now officially controlled by the Khronos Group (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khronos_Group) who includes such members as AMD, nVidia and intel.
OpenCL is going to be part of Snow Leopard (to be released in the fall), and I expect AMD (at least) to bring it to Linux.
While I certainly believe tat the media has over-hyped H1N1, you have to also remember where the Scientific community's concern is.
The way it went with "the flu" that we keep hearing about in the '20s is that.
1) There was suddenly a spring flu that was both out of season and relatively mild (what we have now, and H1N1 appears to also be related to that earlier strain)
2) By the time of the Fall and the "usual" flu season, the strain from early spring had mutated dramatically making it extremely deadly (as these things go, killing 10-20% of those infected vs. the usual 0.1%). An estimated 500K-600K died in the U.S. (just to give an idea of scope).
Now, #2 MIGHT still happen, and its what those in the Infectious Disease community are afraid of, but you're right, the current version of H1N1 is relatively benign and overhyped by the media ... so far.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic)
I feel bad for the people in Germany, but I'm glad its not me.
I'm sure there's a word that describes my secret joy about their bad-luck, but I can't remember it.
Probably in some foreign language or something.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude)
Not necessarily, the goal could also be to have something "concrete" to point to when the mobs fear of H1N1 demands that the government do SOMETHING to protect them.
"See? We tried to screen at the airport to keep it from coming in, but people cheated to get around our screening. THOSE people are who you should be mad at, not US."
AP - "When asked how much explosives are being sent, the NASA Armorer answered: "A metric buttload""
We should be good! ;)
I say we try to get them to all download a certain Rick Astley song.
We can call it "Rickshaw Rolling". ;)
But what they're saying that the new Star Trek movie had it backwards? That Walls of Fire stop Black Holes, not the other way around? Wow.
I knew J.J. Abrams was good, but to hit you with a twist ending AFTER you've already left the theater is incredible.