All of the laws that protect the individual were created long before any of us even drew breath
While this might be true, it doesn't mean that we can't do the same. An individual has A LOT more power now a days, especially in the area of creating public awareness, a necessity for creating and changing laws.
This kind of governmental apathy to actual human beings will be the downfall of our society, if not our entire race.
This kind of citizen apathy to actual government will be the downfall of our democratic society. Anyone who doesn't vote and express their opinion is only making the opinions of others more valid. Anyone who says "it doesn't matter, I can't do anything about it" is a part of the vast cultural inertia that makes change so difficult. The corporations will lobby and lobby and lobby, it is an investment for them. The people must do the same thing, for the same reason.
The problem, IMHO (and the one I'm fighting against the most), is the power that our mass media corps hava in keeping these issues away from the awareness of the public at large. Or presenting their bias as "objective news." (yea I know true objectivity is a toughy) This keeps a critical mass of attention or outrage from ever reaching a lawmaker's door, and they continue as if everything were A-OK.
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I saw the Adobe president testify on C-SPAN. He came off like a whiney baby. He sat and lauded about how much money and lives the Adobe Acrobat has saved companies and governments...and the next sentence he talks about those other evil pirates that are using his software...to try and save money or lives.
Anyway, his testimony was pretty weak. However, another testimony by Jay Walker, was a bit more interesting. A paraphrased quote "Trying to stop information transfer on the Net is like trying to stop a brain from thinking." One of the senators from Nov^H^H^HUtah then asks (repeatedly) if a "watermark" or similar could be used to track files. Walker said flat out "No, this won't work." There was some interesting stuff. If you get a chance (and they replay it or encode it) check out the testimony. It's under the topic "Technology and the New Economy."
The worst thing about is though, is very little is being presented from the citizen or "public" perspective, or at least in this bit of testimony before congress. And the phrase "public good" is no where to be seen.
I dont like Microsoft. Go Government. Wait a sec, I don't like the the government either. Go...ahh, just go.
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my point was that he is not the judge or executioner, just a very good detective providing evidence of all the concerned party's actions (both his and theirs). They are more than free to respond, although at most that would warrant a slashback blurb. This is the proverbial "head on a spike" to warn the others. "Brutal" indeed.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. This is not a saying, this is the truth.
Tell my folks I love 'em, and my work that I'm sick. I'll be playing D2.:)
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What is disturbing to me is that all we have is this guy's word.
Do you really think anyone would take the time to forge a 20 pages long ICQ conversations? We seem to have a lot more than just his words. Yes, this is "vigilange justice" web style. You are the due process and independent review of evidence. All this guy has done is organize and present it. --
What I mean is, that money will go towards attacking each other.. instead of exploiting the consumer.
This will have the effect of driving up prices, and the winner will be able to keep the inflated prices that consumers have become accustomed to and recoup the investment of fighting. --
Did you read the article? These spammers hardly seem anonymous. The tools exist to track people when necessary, it just takes some skill (more than I have).
People wouldn't Spam if it didn't work. Why do you think people are so eager to set aside common coutesy for profit? As long as there are clueless folks on the Net, it will be economically profitable to spam them. --
Last I heard radio stations were a very successful industry making money directly off of the attention that broadcast music gathered.
You are right, profiting off of the music directly is an enormous difference. In that light, Napster is not like radio. Perhaps someday it will be. (and hence my belief that a "Napster"-like service built on Free Software is a fine solution)
Besides if all major acts put the big tracks up on thier sites, they too, could profit in (deep scary voice)"music piracy."(/DSV) And Napster would be left going "but we've got indy music, too!" j/k
Comparing services like Napster and the radio is like comparing cars and star destroyers. They provide the service of tranportation. Napster gives you music.
It's a service. Like the radio. It's not too difficult of service to offer either. The vast majority of their infrastructure and value depends on regular people donating bandwidth and storage space. I think this market will eventually move to a free software solution, but we'll wait until after the first round of lawsuits to see. --
but quantum physics says that a particle can have many states at once, but when you look at it, it 'picks' or falls into only one state.
It actually acts quite a bit differently. The act of checking it's position (or velocity) contains enough energy to totally obliterate the other measurement. If you get the exact position the error for velocity will be infinity, if you get the exact velocity the error for position will be infinity.
The same things happens to women when you ask them what they want or how they feel. The trick isn't to ask, but kind of observe out of the corner of your eye.:) --
actually, there should be a pretty easy fix that one of the originators (G27) of this hack suggested...make it a necessity that people preview their postings. --
this won't end/. any sooner than Microsoft suing for the posting of "trade secrets". Linking has already been protected in court. The RIAA is scrambling and enough people have gotten pissed off enough to fight back. I guess the best advice (which I am ignoring) is to steer clear until the death throes cease. --
"My kids are getting homeschooled, fuck this, I'm not putting my kids though this."
a bit OT, but I watched the finals of the American Spelling Bee this last weekend. IIRC, 8 of the 9 finalists at one point were homeschooled. All of the final 4 were.
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But at least the pressure for innovation and consumer demand has forced some compromise from the giants.
Really not all that much to see here outside of the headline.
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Hehe, my new Summer model billboard just showed up in the mail today. In the few minutes I spent opening it and trying it on, 5 more people learned a bit about the patent office.
For a VERY on-topic link, try here.
Oh, and for those of you that don't know...the T-Shirt Economy is coming. Soon. When it's ready.
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All of the laws that protect the individual were created long before any of us even drew breath
While this might be true, it doesn't mean that we can't do the same. An individual has A LOT more power now a days, especially in the area of creating public awareness, a necessity for creating and changing laws.
This kind of governmental apathy to actual human beings will be the downfall of our society, if not our entire race.
This kind of citizen apathy to actual government will be the downfall of our democratic society. Anyone who doesn't vote and express their opinion is only making the opinions of others more valid. Anyone who says "it doesn't matter, I can't do anything about it" is a part of the vast cultural inertia that makes change so difficult. The corporations will lobby and lobby and lobby, it is an investment for them. The people must do the same thing, for the same reason.
The problem, IMHO (and the one I'm fighting against the most), is the power that our mass media corps hava in keeping these issues away from the awareness of the public at large. Or presenting their bias as "objective news." (yea I know true objectivity is a toughy) This keeps a critical mass of attention or outrage from ever reaching a lawmaker's door, and they continue as if everything were A-OK.
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I saw the Adobe president testify on C-SPAN. He came off like a whiney baby. He sat and lauded about how much money and lives the Adobe Acrobat has saved companies and governments...and the next sentence he talks about those other evil pirates that are using his software...to try and save money or lives.
Anyway, his testimony was pretty weak. However, another testimony by Jay Walker, was a bit more interesting. A paraphrased quote "Trying to stop information transfer on the Net is like trying to stop a brain from thinking." One of the senators from Nov^H^H^HUtah then asks (repeatedly) if a "watermark" or similar could be used to track files. Walker said flat out "No, this won't work." There was some interesting stuff. If you get a chance (and they replay it or encode it) check out the testimony. It's under the topic "Technology and the New Economy."
The worst thing about is though, is very little is being presented from the citizen or "public" perspective, or at least in this bit of testimony before congress. And the phrase "public good" is no where to be seen.
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if he asks.
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SNL did a quick bit on this after Gates got married. I think it was Kevin Nealon (sp)
"When asked to comment on the honeymoon, the new richest woman in the world had two words for us, 'micro' and 'soft'."
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On a lighter note, any news on the planned names for the two companies?
Yup.
Micro
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Soft
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I dont like Microsoft. Go Government. Wait a sec, I don't like the the government either. Go...ahh, just go.
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my point was that he is not the judge or executioner, just a very good detective providing evidence of all the concerned party's actions (both his and theirs). They are more than free to respond, although at most that would warrant a slashback blurb. This is the proverbial "head on a spike" to warn the others. "Brutal" indeed.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. This is not a saying, this is the truth.
And I'll check out the movie. This one right?
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Tell my folks I love 'em, and my work that I'm sick. I'll be playing D2. :)
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What is disturbing to me is that all we have is this guy's word.
Do you really think anyone would take the time to forge a 20 pages long ICQ conversations? We seem to have a lot more than just his words. Yes, this is "vigilange justice" web style. You are the due process and independent review of evidence. All this guy has done is organize and present it.
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What I mean is, that money will go towards attacking each other.. instead of exploiting the consumer.
This will have the effect of driving up prices, and the winner will be able to keep the inflated prices that consumers have become accustomed to and recoup the investment of fighting.
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What!?
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Did you read the article? These spammers hardly seem anonymous. The tools exist to track people when necessary, it just takes some skill (more than I have).
People wouldn't Spam if it didn't work. Why do you think people are so eager to set aside common coutesy for profit? As long as there are clueless folks on the Net, it will be economically profitable to spam them.
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my favorite bumper sticker touches on this issue....
"My ancestors didn't fight and claw their way to the top of the food chain so I could eat vegetables."
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speaking of knowing anything about linux.
:)
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Last I heard radio stations were a very successful industry making money directly off of the attention that broadcast music gathered.
You are right, profiting off of the music directly is an enormous difference. In that light, Napster is not like radio. Perhaps someday it will be. (and hence my belief that a "Napster"-like service built on Free Software is a fine solution)
Besides if all major acts put the big tracks up on thier sites, they too, could profit in (deep scary voice)"music piracy."(/DSV) And Napster would be left going "but we've got indy music, too!" j/k
Comparing services like Napster and the radio is like comparing cars and star destroyers. They provide the service of tranportation. Napster gives you music.
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Napster wouldn't have a penny of their funding if no one traded illegal mp3s, and you know it.
Napster wouldn't have a single user if music was offered at a fair price, and you know it.
:^)
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It's a service. Like the radio. It's not too difficult of service to offer either. The vast majority of their infrastructure and value depends on regular people donating bandwidth and storage space. I think this market will eventually move to a free software solution, but we'll wait until after the first round of lawsuits to see.
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or an e-re-education.
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no you have this wrong...
but quantum physics says that a particle can have many states at once, but when you look at it, it 'picks' or falls into only one state.
It actually acts quite a bit differently. The act of checking it's position (or velocity) contains enough energy to totally obliterate the other measurement. If you get the exact position the error for velocity will be infinity, if you get the exact velocity the error for position will be infinity.
The same things happens to women when you ask them what they want or how they feel. The trick isn't to ask, but kind of observe out of the corner of your eye.:)
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actually, there should be a pretty easy fix that one of the originators (G27) of this hack suggested...make it a necessity that people preview their postings.
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this won't end /. any sooner than Microsoft suing for the posting of "trade secrets". Linking has already been protected in court. The RIAA is scrambling and enough people have gotten pissed off enough to fight back. I guess the best advice (which I am ignoring) is to steer clear until the death throes cease.
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"My kids are getting homeschooled, fuck this, I'm not putting my kids though this."
a bit OT, but I watched the finals of the American Spelling Bee this last weekend. IIRC, 8 of the 9 finalists at one point were homeschooled. All of the final 4 were.
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This way he knows what songs to perform on his next concert in order to draw the most paying concert-goers.
As well as what singles to record on an album...and the rare tracks that nobody has heard yet.
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