I think its important to add that one of the serious consequences of such a thing is that we, the taxpayers, will end up footing the bill so our governments can keep upgrading their versions of Office every few years so they can keep reading those documents.
Do they actually have any? Surely their responsibilities begin and end with complying with law enforcement requests to provide details of users suspected of copyright infringement.
Sort of sounds like a scare tactic; I can't imagine ISPs falling for it - aren't they 'common carriers' specifically so the responsibility for what people do with their network _doesn't_ fall on them?
Some ISPs in Eastern Europe solve this problem by setting up a DC++ server for their subscribers. A few ISPs here in Australia tried this; it was deemed to be encouraging copyright violation and they were promptly shut down by the authorities.
Pirate bay provides links (or trackers) to files, those trackers/links are not copyrighted in any way and there's not law in Sweden that forbids such practice (unlike USA's DMCA). So, In Sweden doing what Pirate Bay does is not illegal AT ALL. That's fine - but that's not the point of the article. It sounds like they're giving up going after the Pirate Bay, specifically because there's no laws against its existence. They want to go after the people that are USING the Pirate Bay, and they're getting laws crafted to force ISPs to cooperate by giving up details of file sharers.
Well, from my perspective - I have no idea how to put applications on my new (~6 months) symbian phone. When I got it I plugged it into my PC via the included USB cable (first time I've ever plugged a phone into my PC), and dicked around with the apps, but quickly got bored of all the different and complicated things.
However with an iPhone I know that when the new update is released, I'll just be able to do everything through iTunes.
I realise this isn't what you mean by 'more open', but to most users it WILL be more open, because everything is going to be heaps more accessible than any other platform - it'll have a unified, simple access system to expanding and improving your phone.
Regular users won't give a shit that you can't do any of the stuff in this thread (run java, voip, develop on windows, etc) - they'll just be amazed they can download a solitaire game for free, or a new calendar application for $5, or something.
... do you realize that these restrictions have been in place since 1962 [wikipedia.org] because the Cuban government expropriated the property of U.S. citizens and corporations in Cuba? I don't know enough about it (where "it" is international trading, politics and business), but - isn't this sort of thing just a risk of doing business anywhere in the world?
A quick example - if I start a business in Iraq, I shouldn't be surprised if its destroyed by "insurgents" (or bombed by friendly forces). It's just a risk of business.
Starting up a business in some small non-stable country (I have no idea if Cuba was 'stable' back when these events transpired, but I'm guessing not after reading your Wiki link which seems to imply it was a military dictatorship) seems like its risky at best - while the capitalist spirit should be applauded, I dunno if I'd appreciate my country stepping in if a lot of people here decided to go and start crazy businesses overseas.
I wonder if dual boarding (ie, boarding from the front and the back at the same time) would be cost efficient for them. They'd obviously need almost 2x as many staff to cover both entrances, but maybe that cost is less than having the plane delayed due to boarding problems.
I'm always annoyed that I can't disembark via the back exit when I'm getting off (I always get stuck in the rear of the plane), and it irks me to be standing in a long queue to get on the plane when I know they could effectively double the bandwidth by opening up the back entry. I guess they don't want people walking on the tarmac unless they absolutely have to.
What you say is exactly true. Valve Software realised this years ago and have figured out a pretty good system (note: not perfect) for their content distribution. They have an extensive content server network which allows for easy distribution of their bits; ISPs can set up their own Steam content server caches to save heaps of bandwidth.
So I just tried it out, and while it is fast, where the hell is the home page button? Sure I can customize, but damn Heh that's exactly what my brother said. I never use the home button so didn't even notice it wasn't there.
And it doesn't have adblock, which hurts the overall 'speed' of the browser. Looks like it could be promising though. As a web content provider and afficionado of free content I'm opposed to adblock-style stuff anyway:)
If you want fast, check out the latest build of Safari for Windows. I downloaded it a couple of days ago after hearing that WebKit is getting closer to a native Windows implementation being possible (their blog has more details on the progress; its quite interesting).
Safari/WebKit is really, really fast. I know, you always hear people talking about how their browser is better/faster/stronger/whatever, and you try it and the difference is negligible, if you can even notice it at all. I've had a few people try Safari though to make sure I'm not mad, and without fail they all notice a big speed increase over Firefox.
Once the WebKit guys finish their work on it (this other blog has more info on what is happening) I suspect we'll see some nice implementations of WebKit-based browsers on Windows - and if they can get it up to a decent base level of functionality without affecting speed, I'll definitely be checking it out.
yes. just not the OS itself. thus why the slipstream providers can't provide you the ISO already one. To the best of my knowledge, redistribution of Microsoft patches is actually explicitly denied by their EULAs and the terms of use of the microsoft.com website.
The only things you can redistribute are the things they've marked as explicitly redistributable (like DirectX and various other runtimes).
This is why Autopatcher was terminated. I have also contacted Microsoft in the past to obtain explicit permission to mirror their updates and was refused permission to do so.
You've just figured out a way to smuggle anything you want - embarrass the crap out of customers officers.
In all seriousness, I'd consider this a form of social engineering attack - you're picking something that will probably have a fairly high success rate of causing embarrassment to officers searching property (well, maybe - some officers might use it as an excuse to humiliate you, I guess), causing them to ignore anything else you have in your bag with a view to Getting You Gone as fast as possible.
Are those TSA rules publicly available anywhere? There's tsarules.com which looks like an unofficial summary. I'm flying to the US next week, with a laptop and other electronics, and in the event they they mess with my stuff I'd like to know where I stand.
It would be nice if Blizzard would step up, maybe using some of that jillion dollars a month they get from World of Warcraft subscriptions, and try to clear up some of the FUD around p2p downloads. Blocking p2p downloads will make it even harder for WoW players to get their updates, and probably result in massively increased costs for Blizzard if they're forced to move their patch distribution to a typical http-only system.
Shrug, Bill Gates himself could stand up and say "XP is technically incapable of running DX10" (or any of the lead engineers who worked on DX10, or any Windows XP engineer, or Jesus), and people would still say its all a plot to get you to upgrade.
Perhaps you are not familiar with the state of your country, but your freedoms are routinely being trodden on and removed. In fact, half the articles here on Slashdot are about what is happening and who is doing it. You've got:
1) Civil liberties being gradually eroded in the name of the "war on terror" 2) A government committing torture 3) A government taking people off to some jail out of the country with no trial for many years 4) Your phone companies spying on you without warrants 5) Billions upon billions of dollars getting thrown away in an unpopular war with no sign of an end 6) Record/movie industry writing laws
I wonder what most people would say if you asked what they'd rather have - a gun, or the above?
This is simply taking advantage of mom 'n pop consumers who are just out to buy a nice birthday gift or something like that and don't read consumer electronics news sites. Well, it's possible that a mass uptake of HDDVD players will cause a turnaround (maybe not likely, but surely still possible). I have to assume that if clever sales people + low prices leads to a sudden huge amount of consumers in the US having HDDVD players and asking for content the publishers might respond - if only because once they've invested, they're probably not going to invest again in the short term in Blu-Ray.
It's simply the strong taking from the weak, where in this case the weak are the uninformed. I suppose - but I can't feel sorry for them. Surely by now everyone knows that electronics is a fast-paced world and before they drop thousands of dollars on a new home entertainment system they should do some asking around - don't believe the first salesman you speak to and speak to that nerdy friend of yours that's always playing video games before buying anything!
(Sadly, I'm that nerdy friend and I always get the calls. My advice on HD is still to sit it out.)
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I think its important to add that one of the serious consequences of such a thing is that we, the taxpayers, will end up footing the bill so our governments can keep upgrading their versions of Office every few years so they can keep reading those documents.
Do they actually have any? Surely their responsibilities begin and end with complying with law enforcement requests to provide details of users suspected of copyright infringement.
Sort of sounds like a scare tactic; I can't imagine ISPs falling for it - aren't they 'common carriers' specifically so the responsibility for what people do with their network _doesn't_ fall on them?
Well, from my perspective - I have no idea how to put applications on my new (~6 months) symbian phone. When I got it I plugged it into my PC via the included USB cable (first time I've ever plugged a phone into my PC), and dicked around with the apps, but quickly got bored of all the different and complicated things.
However with an iPhone I know that when the new update is released, I'll just be able to do everything through iTunes.
I realise this isn't what you mean by 'more open', but to most users it WILL be more open, because everything is going to be heaps more accessible than any other platform - it'll have a unified, simple access system to expanding and improving your phone.
Regular users won't give a shit that you can't do any of the stuff in this thread (run java, voip, develop on windows, etc) - they'll just be amazed they can download a solitaire game for free, or a new calendar application for $5, or something.
would it have been that hard to prefix it with 'audio'? I don't care about audiobooks
I'm just assuming so because your first thought is to use this information to try and figure out a way to overthrown a foreign government :)
... do you realize that these restrictions have been in place since 1962 [wikipedia.org] because the Cuban government expropriated the property of U.S. citizens and corporations in Cuba? I don't know enough about it (where "it" is international trading, politics and business), but - isn't this sort of thing just a risk of doing business anywhere in the world?A quick example - if I start a business in Iraq, I shouldn't be surprised if its destroyed by "insurgents" (or bombed by friendly forces). It's just a risk of business.
Starting up a business in some small non-stable country (I have no idea if Cuba was 'stable' back when these events transpired, but I'm guessing not after reading your Wiki link which seems to imply it was a military dictatorship) seems like its risky at best - while the capitalist spirit should be applauded, I dunno if I'd appreciate my country stepping in if a lot of people here decided to go and start crazy businesses overseas.
I wonder if dual boarding (ie, boarding from the front and the back at the same time) would be cost efficient for them. They'd obviously need almost 2x as many staff to cover both entrances, but maybe that cost is less than having the plane delayed due to boarding problems.
I'm always annoyed that I can't disembark via the back exit when I'm getting off (I always get stuck in the rear of the plane), and it irks me to be standing in a long queue to get on the plane when I know they could effectively double the bandwidth by opening up the back entry. I guess they don't want people walking on the tarmac unless they absolutely have to.
What you say is exactly true. Valve Software realised this years ago and have figured out a pretty good system (note: not perfect) for their content distribution. They have an extensive content server network which allows for easy distribution of their bits; ISPs can set up their own Steam content server caches to save heaps of bandwidth.
If you want fast, check out the latest build of Safari for Windows. I downloaded it a couple of days ago after hearing that WebKit is getting closer to a native Windows implementation being possible (their blog has more details on the progress; its quite interesting).
Safari/WebKit is really, really fast. I know, you always hear people talking about how their browser is better/faster/stronger/whatever, and you try it and the difference is negligible, if you can even notice it at all. I've had a few people try Safari though to make sure I'm not mad, and without fail they all notice a big speed increase over Firefox.
Once the WebKit guys finish their work on it (this other blog has more info on what is happening) I suspect we'll see some nice implementations of WebKit-based browsers on Windows - and if they can get it up to a decent base level of functionality without affecting speed, I'll definitely be checking it out.
The only things you can redistribute are the things they've marked as explicitly redistributable (like DirectX and various other runtimes).
This is why Autopatcher was terminated. I have also contacted Microsoft in the past to obtain explicit permission to mirror their updates and was refused permission to do so.
about things that seem to good to be true?
You've just figured out a way to smuggle anything you want - embarrass the crap out of customers officers.
In all seriousness, I'd consider this a form of social engineering attack - you're picking something that will probably have a fairly high success rate of causing embarrassment to officers searching property (well, maybe - some officers might use it as an excuse to humiliate you, I guess), causing them to ignore anything else you have in your bag with a view to Getting You Gone as fast as possible.
New TSA rule - no objects shaped like wangs.
Are those TSA rules publicly available anywhere? There's tsarules.com which looks like an unofficial summary. I'm flying to the US next week, with a laptop and other electronics, and in the event they they mess with my stuff I'd like to know where I stand.
It would be nice if Blizzard would step up, maybe using some of that jillion dollars a month they get from World of Warcraft subscriptions, and try to clear up some of the FUD around p2p downloads. Blocking p2p downloads will make it even harder for WoW players to get their updates, and probably result in massively increased costs for Blizzard if they're forced to move their patch distribution to a typical http-only system.
An excellent movie about Trusted Computing that I like sharing whenever this comes up.
Shrug, Bill Gates himself could stand up and say "XP is technically incapable of running DX10" (or any of the lead engineers who worked on DX10, or any Windows XP engineer, or Jesus), and people would still say its all a plot to get you to upgrade.
..."need to install Microsoft's Silverlight."
Damnit, why weren't they the first few words.
I think this is the authoritative article on Vista DRM
Perhaps you are not familiar with the state of your country, but your freedoms are routinely being trodden on and removed. In fact, half the articles here on Slashdot are about what is happening and who is doing it. You've got:
1) Civil liberties being gradually eroded in the name of the "war on terror"
2) A government committing torture
3) A government taking people off to some jail out of the country with no trial for many years
4) Your phone companies spying on you without warrants
5) Billions upon billions of dollars getting thrown away in an unpopular war with no sign of an end
6) Record/movie industry writing laws
I wonder what most people would say if you asked what they'd rather have - a gun, or the above?
.. that said, encouraging such a system would be the effective equivalent of putting out a bounty on the RIAA and MPAA
I don't think I've ever used the word 'cyberlaw' ever, and I talk to lawyers on a pretty regular basis about laws pertaining to this Internet thing
(Sadly, I'm that nerdy friend and I always get the calls. My advice on HD is still to sit it out.)