Sorry, but an individual doing this would NOT be subject to anti-stalking laws. IANAL, but as far as I can tell, most anti-stalking laws are very specific in their scope to only take effect if the stalking is malicious in intent and put's a person in fear for their safety.
California was the first state to enact anti-staliking laws. Take a look at what it says: "Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or willfully and maliciously harasses another person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for his or her safety". I've added emphasis for clarity.
I never said that I think this behaviour fine as long as it's a corporation. I say it's fine for anyone to track my shopping behaviour and come up with a profile of me based upon it. And event to sell this information to whomever is willing to pay, without my consent.
These are acts that I am performing in public. I do not, and should not have any reasonable expectation of privacy when doing them.
This is what your run-of-the-mill Slashbot fails to grasp. Most people just don't care. And any attempt at educating family and friends (or the masses) goes in one ear and out the other.
Heck, I not only don't care. I don't understand people who do.
Exactly what is the issue with advertisers using this information to create a behavioural profile? These are all behaviours you are exhibiting in public. Believe it or not, your friends, co-workers, and the cute blonde waitress at the coffee shop have all created "behavioural profiles" of you based on your actions.
It's what we do. If you are so ashamed of what you've purchased or looked at...my suggestion is to stop doing it, or get some counseling.
Of course, this will quite likely be responded to by some idiotic "slippery slope" type argument....
I'm sure you are ALSO aware that you can't USE an OEM license on this $200 linux machine without violating the OEM license. So your argument is moot.
Why do you think you can't use an OEM license? Reference please...
A vista OEM license can be installed by anyone capable of doing so on any one machine. The license cannot be reactivated on any other machine, but you are not violating the license by the initial install. As well, OEM licenses do NOT provide you with Microsoft support...
And can you please detail what the approx $2500 worth of software that you get for free with Ubuntu is? I've just started playing around with Ubuntu...I must have missed some installation options...
the Wii itself is so weak that its full potential will likely be realized within a couple of years, and Nintendo is still lackadaisical about online gaming. Those things are strong negatives to third parties
So the fact that development shops can spend less time on graphics & eye-candy, and the system has very popular titles WITHOUT multiplayer should be considered negatives for third parties?!?
As well, they never detailed what content caused it receive the AO rating in the first place, so why should they now have to justify changing their decision?!?
Only politicians could be so boldly hypocritical....
Unforunately, when discussing an observer in regards to the anthropic principle, it is specifically intelligent observers that are being referred to...and for some versions of the principle, carbon-based intelligent observers
See: Anthropic Principle. IMHO it's really an idea that belongs more to the realm of philosophy than science.
I wasn't aware that quantum physics had any other form of the anthropic principle which only refers to atomic scale "observers"...reference?
Yeah, but the 50% figure is utterly ridiculous. It is a number made up from an advocacy group dedicated to convincing people in Canada that the government is wasting our money. The "Canadian Taxpayers Federation" can hardly be called an advocate of honest or even relatively sane statistical data.
Here are a few references which show that the Canadian tax burden, while somewhat higher than the US, is nowhere near 50%...
Interesting argument, but you are confusing the software with the license.
Windows Genuine Advantage is designed to ensure that you have a "genuine" license to use Windows. It doesn't relate to the media whatsoever. You can install it from a CD, a downloaded ISO, a backup CD, whatever...the test is to check whether the installed software has an approprate license.
In this context, it is obvious why the license is no longer "genuine" when you give the CD to a friend. The license was an agreement between YOU and Microsoft, not your friend and Microsoft.
Admittedly, Microsoft makes this same confusion when describing Windows Genuine Advantage (describing it as something that ensures the software is genuine), but that's typical Microspeak. I think it would be much proper for them to describe Windows Genuine Advantage as a mechanism for fighting piracy and ONLY as such. I strongly suspect the validation doesn't do ANYTHING to ensure the actual software has been tampered with (i.e. MD5 hashes, etc)
I suppose a better description would be "Windows Genuine Licensing", but that just sounds stupid:-)
Read the parent post again (bolded for those whose reading comprehension is sub-par):
The laws of 13 states expressly prohibit the unauthorized installation or use of cameras in private places. In Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire , South Dakota, and Utah, installation or use of any device for photographing, observing or overhearing events or sounds in a private place without permission of the people photographed or observed is against the law. A private place is one where a person may reasonably expect to be safe from unauthorized surveillance.
He very well may have broken the law by doing this. The question comes down to whether you can reasonably expect to be safe from unauthorized surveillance when on the doorstep of a private residence...
Personally, I don't think so, but a judge may have a very different opinion...
11. There's crap-all to watch. Who really give's a hairy hoot if you can see "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" in 1080i, 480p, or 1b (1 bit). Hell, if forced to watch in one of these formats, give me the blinking white dot anytime.
12. It'll be obsolete technololgy. By the times the tech companies are done bickering over the best format, and there's buy-in from the major studios, and a significant number of titles have been published, and the desired price-point has been reached, and HDTV has made a significant in-road into consumer's houses, the "next big thing" will be available.
HDV (Holographic Versatile Disc) offers nearly 4TB of storage on a single disc. It's currently beyond the price-point of any sane consumer, but could easily hit a rational consumer price before Blu-Ray or HD-DVD seriously take off.
Uhh...how about making those 10 extra hours their own reward.
Playing the game should be fun. Playing the game more should be more fun.
I've never understood why nobody can create an MMORPG that makes gameplay fun rather than relying on getting the "stuff" (equipment, experience, abilities, etc) to be the "fun".
Having played EQ, AC, DAOC, EQ2, WoW, I've finally realized...it's not really fun to have a bunch of new bits delivered to my computer.
Other games are fun because of the content:
skill based (Counterstrike, Battlefield)
intelligence based (Civilization, Age of Empires)
creativity based (Rollercoaster Tycoon, SimCity)
story based (Mafia, Elder Scrolls) or even fashion based (The Sims)
or some other interesting criteria...
Most MMORPG's just seem to fail in all of the above. It's click the button, kill the monster, be happy you got item X.
The strategies required can be easily picked up, and there is an extremely limited selection of "best responses" to any given situation. The storylines / quests tend to extremely tepid, and the choices for customization/creativity practically nil.
There is a certain degree of fun in the socialization aspect, but the fact is if I want to socialize, I'll actually leave my house and do it.
I don't find sitting alone in my basement while other people across the world sit alone in theirs a particularly "social" experience.
From the CIA factbook: Denmark Military: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ da.html) Military branches: Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Home Guard (Hjemmevaernet) Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory and volunteer military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months according to specialization; reservists are assigned to mobilization units following completion of their conscript service (2004) Military manpower - availability: males age 18-49: 1,175,108 (2005 est.) Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 18-49: 955,168 (2005 est.) Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 31,317 (2005 est.) Military expenditures - dollar figure: $3,271.6 million (2003) Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% (2004)
Canadian military: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ ca.html Military branches: Canadian Armed Forces: Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Canada Command (homeland security) to be operational in early 2006 (2005) Military manpower - military age and obligation: 16 years of age for voluntary military service; women comprise some 11% of Canada's armed forces (2001) Military manpower - availability: males age 16-49: 8,216,510 (2005 est.) Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 16-49: 6,740,490 (2005 est.) Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 223,821 (2005 est.) Military expenditures - dollar figure: $9,801.7 million (2003) Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.1% (2003)
No, these people do not value their lives. Many of these individuals are born and raised in a society that tells them that to sacrifice their own lives in pursuit of their cause is the highest honor they can attain.
These people have not necessarily suffered any actual injustice...they are indocrinated with the idea that their culture is suffering from injustice. It is this perception that leads to violence.
What injustice had Timothy McVeigh suffered? The Japanese of WWII? The rebels of Sierra Lione? What injustices had been perpetuated on the Germans by the Jews?
You are correct that hatred comes from perceived injustice. The fact is however, that these injustices may not be real, and there may be no way to repartation offered that will appease these individuals.
The paper is pretty illuminating! What is particularly interesting is the offending code that highlights the bug. Quite the odd way of getting the minimum value from a table!
The bug is a real Microsoft bug...but the response from the Russians seems to be more CYA than anything.
What they were attempting to do looked like some pretty bad code. That, coupled with the fact that the developers had no idea how to deal with security in SQL (OMG! If the password is blank, you don't have to enter a password to log in!) led to an insanely negative response (specifically "Recently I was told by some officials from the Russian State Technical Commission...that the whole story looks like an intentional action of the Microsoft against national security of both the U.S. and R.F.")
The fact is, they developed some bad code, implemented some sloppy security mechanisms, and were unwilling to admit to any mistakes when Microsoft offered a workaround. I'll agree that the bug was real (although minor), and that Microsoft SHOULD have offered a true fix, but I think the blame should be spread 60-40 (60% Bill, 40% Ruskies).
Here are the myriad ways my iPaq beats snot out of my Palm:
1) MP3 player
2) Decent resolution & color - reading lots of text no longer hurts my eyes.
3) Free book reading software
4) Free drawing program
5) Free spreadsheet
6) Free browser (with offline browsing)
7) Much more understandable file structure
8) Much better character recognition.
9) On screen character drawing (i.e. I can see what I write rather than guessing whether I'm forming my grafitti correctly)
My real problem with Palm devices is that they don't do anything well other than be an organizer. For that, I can just buy a $20 device from Radio Shack.
The only real downside to the PocketPCs is the abysmal battery life and the much higher price.
I'm afraid the number of people who hack on CE devices without actually trying them is disproportionately high:-)
Please, don't speak about technologies that you know nothing of. Your comments about why.NET won't make it are not only innacurate, but entirely misleading.
1. Too Late.
I see. So within the next 6 months the entire world will be using some development language that is so spectacular that they will never choose to switch to.NET Gee, I hope nobody else is looking at creating any new development technologies cause obviously they will all be "too late"
2. Website Requires IE7???
No,.NET is specifically built to support downlevel browsers and competitors browsers. The server-side controls implemented in ASP.NET automatically generate appropriate client-side code for the targetted browser (including Netscape 4, 6, IE 4, IE 5, and IE6).
.NET does not require XP at all. Not to develop, not to deploy, not at all.
3. Java supports tons of platforms and works today for most browsers
See 2..NET does not require a new platform. It works on existing platforms.
4. Plug-Ins aren't foreign
What does this have to do with why.NET won't make it?
What is the horrible consequence of giving any or ALL of your personal information, credit history, buying preferences, etc to corporations? OMG, they might actually attempt to sell me the products I want! For shame.
As long as this information does not include security-sensitive information (e.g. credit card numbers), then what is the issue? I don't really care who knows my credit history, I have nothing to hide there
I keep seeing these posts warning of corporate invasion of privacy but I can't really see the downside...
Oops, I believe you are right with regards to 9(c), but how about section 9, subsection 2:
"(2) Except as prescribed, no person shall intercept and make use of, or intercept and divulge, any radiocommunication, except as
permitted by the originator of the communication or the person intended by the originator of the communication to receive it."
1993, c. 40, s. 24"
IANAL, but I did take a law class at university where we covered satellite broadcasting. Our prof indicated that prior to 1997 it WAS legal to recieve DirectTV broadcasts, but since then, it has not been.
Quebec is a bit of a different case as they seem to believe they have their own laws anyways:-)
Yes, but the draconian laws of the CRTC DO hold sway in Canada, and according to the Radiocommunications act, it is illegal to decode any signal in Canada not authorized by the CRTC
From the Radiocommunications Act here section 9(c),
"(c) No person shall decode an encrypted subscription programming signal or encrypted network feed otherwise than under and in accordance with an authorization from the lawful distributor of the signal or
feed"
It is illegal in Canada to use equipment to decode programming distributed by anyone other than dealers authorised by the CRTC.
DirecTV broadcasts are not authorized for distribution within Canada, and as such cannot be legally decoded. (see this link for more info)
From the Radiocommunications Act found here: Section 9
"(c) No person shall decode an encrypted subscription programming signal or encrypted network feed otherwise than under and in accordance with an authorization from the lawful distributor of the signal or
feed"
I know a number of fellow Canadians who are misinformed on this point and gloat about how they can receive cheap DirecTV broadcasts without breaking the law. Unfortunately, you really can't. Due to the archaic and Orwellian nature of the CRTC, there is NO way to legally receive DirectTV in Canada.
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Sorry, but an individual doing this would NOT be subject to anti-stalking laws. IANAL, but as far as I can tell, most anti-stalking laws are very specific in their scope to only take effect if the stalking is malicious in intent and put's a person in fear for their safety.
California was the first state to enact anti-staliking laws. Take a look at what it says:
"Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or willfully and maliciously harasses another person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for his or her safety". I've added emphasis for clarity.
I never said that I think this behaviour fine as long as it's a corporation. I say it's fine for anyone to track my shopping behaviour and come up with a profile of me based upon it. And event to sell this information to whomever is willing to pay, without my consent.
These are acts that I am performing in public. I do not, and should not have any reasonable expectation of privacy when doing them.
Heck, I not only don't care. I don't understand people who do.
Exactly what is the issue with advertisers using this information to create a behavioural profile? These are all behaviours you are exhibiting in public. Believe it or not, your friends, co-workers, and the cute blonde waitress at the coffee shop have all created "behavioural profiles" of you based on your actions.
It's what we do. If you are so ashamed of what you've purchased or looked at...my suggestion is to stop doing it, or get some counseling.
Of course, this will quite likely be responded to by some idiotic "slippery slope" type argument....
Why do you think you can't use an OEM license? Reference please...
A vista OEM license can be installed by anyone capable of doing so on any one machine. The license cannot be reactivated on any other machine, but you are not violating the license by the initial install. As well, OEM licenses do NOT provide you with Microsoft support...
See here for info: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070130-8730.html
And can you please detail what the approx $2500 worth of software that you get for free with Ubuntu is? I've just started playing around with Ubuntu...I must have missed some installation options...
Yes, but of those how many of them fell asleep at work while reading Slashdo............
I call prior art!
So the fact that development shops can spend less time on graphics & eye-candy, and the system has very popular titles WITHOUT multiplayer should be considered negatives for third parties?!?
I don't quite get it...
As well, they never detailed what content caused it receive the AO rating in the first place, so why should they now have to justify changing their decision?!?
Only politicians could be so boldly hypocritical....
Unforunately, when discussing an observer in regards to the anthropic principle, it is specifically intelligent observers that are being referred to...and for some versions of the principle, carbon-based intelligent observers
See: Anthropic Principle. IMHO it's really an idea that belongs more to the realm of philosophy than science.
I wasn't aware that quantum physics had any other form of the anthropic principle which only refers to atomic scale "observers"...reference?
Yeah, but the 50% figure is utterly ridiculous. It is a number made up from an advocacy group dedicated to convincing people in Canada that the government is wasting our money. The "Canadian Taxpayers Federation" can hardly be called an advocate of honest or even relatively sane statistical data.
/ prb05107-e.htm#figure2_ world
Here are a few references which show that the Canadian tax burden, while somewhat higher than the US, is nowhere near 50%...
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922307.html
http://www.worldwide-tax.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_around_the
- It's not a new way to play games
- It's not a BluRay (or HD-DVD) player.
- It's not fully backward compatible
- It's not a Linux platform.
- It's not friendly to casual gamers
It's just the XBox...only prettier. There's no easy way to market that...Interesting argument, but you are confusing the software with the license.
:-)
Windows Genuine Advantage is designed to ensure that you have a "genuine" license to use Windows. It doesn't relate to the media whatsoever. You can install it from a CD, a downloaded ISO, a backup CD, whatever...the test is to check whether the installed software has an approprate license.
In this context, it is obvious why the license is no longer "genuine" when you give the CD to a friend. The license was an agreement between YOU and Microsoft, not your friend and Microsoft.
Admittedly, Microsoft makes this same confusion when describing Windows Genuine Advantage (describing it as something that ensures the software is genuine), but that's typical Microspeak. I think it would be much proper for them to describe Windows Genuine Advantage as a mechanism for fighting piracy and ONLY as such. I strongly suspect the validation doesn't do ANYTHING to ensure the actual software has been tampered with (i.e. MD5 hashes, etc)
I suppose a better description would be "Windows Genuine Licensing", but that just sounds stupid
Read the parent post again (bolded for those whose reading comprehension is sub-par):
The laws of 13 states expressly prohibit the unauthorized installation or use of cameras in private places. In Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire , South Dakota, and Utah, installation or use of any device for photographing, observing or overhearing events or sounds in a private place without permission of the people photographed or observed is against the law. A private place is one where a person may reasonably expect to be safe from unauthorized surveillance.
He very well may have broken the law by doing this. The question comes down to whether you can reasonably expect to be safe from unauthorized surveillance when on the doorstep of a private residence...
Personally, I don't think so, but a judge may have a very different opinion...
11. There's crap-all to watch. Who really give's a hairy hoot if you can see "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" in 1080i, 480p, or 1b (1 bit). Hell, if forced to watch in one of these formats, give me the blinking white dot anytime.
12. It'll be obsolete technololgy. By the times the tech companies are done bickering over the best format, and there's buy-in from the major studios, and a significant number of titles have been published, and the desired price-point has been reached, and HDTV has made a significant in-road into consumer's houses, the "next big thing" will be available.
HDV (Holographic Versatile Disc) offers nearly 4TB of storage on a single disc. It's currently beyond the price-point of any sane consumer, but could easily hit a rational consumer price before Blu-Ray or HD-DVD seriously take off.
Uhh...how about making those 10 extra hours their own reward.
Playing the game should be fun. Playing the game more should be more fun.
I've never understood why nobody can create an MMORPG that makes gameplay fun rather than relying on getting the "stuff" (equipment, experience, abilities, etc) to be the "fun".
Having played EQ, AC, DAOC, EQ2, WoW, I've finally realized...it's not really fun to have a bunch of new bits delivered to my computer.
Other games are fun because of the content:
skill based (Counterstrike, Battlefield)
intelligence based (Civilization, Age of Empires)
creativity based (Rollercoaster Tycoon, SimCity)
story based (Mafia, Elder Scrolls)
or even fashion based (The Sims)
or some other interesting criteria...
Most MMORPG's just seem to fail in all of the above. It's click the button, kill the monster, be happy you got item X.
The strategies required can be easily picked up, and there is an extremely limited selection of "best responses" to any given situation. The storylines / quests tend to extremely tepid, and the choices for customization/creativity practically nil.
There is a certain degree of fun in the socialization aspect, but the fact is if I want to socialize, I'll actually leave my house and do it.
I don't find sitting alone in my basement while other people across the world sit alone in theirs a particularly "social" experience.
Canada would totally win this cripple fight!
/ da.html)
/ ca.html
:-)
From the CIA factbook:
Denmark Military: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos
Military branches:
Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force, Home Guard (Hjemmevaernet)
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory and volunteer military service; conscripts serve an initial training period that varies from 4 to 12 months according to specialization; reservists are assigned to mobilization units following completion of their conscript service (2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 18-49: 1,175,108 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 955,168 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 31,317 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$3,271.6 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.5% (2004)
Canadian military: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos
Military branches:
Canadian Armed Forces: Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Canada Command (homeland security) to be operational in early 2006 (2005)
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
16 years of age for voluntary military service; women comprise some 11% of Canada's armed forces (2001)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 16-49: 8,216,510 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 6,740,490 (2005 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 223,821 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$9,801.7 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.1% (2003)
Or from NationMaster.com:
Denmark: http://www.nationmaster.com/country/da/Military
Armed forces personnel: 22,000
Canada: http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ca/Military
Air force personnel: 14,000
Armed forces personnel: 59,000
Army personnel: 20,900
On the other hand, I guess they are freakin Vikings
Yeah, this article is from the same guy who once stated that: "the US and its allies should recognize Taliban as the legitimate Afghan government".
He also stated in regards to Bin Laden that "the US has blown him out of all proportion".
The article is available here
Read a few of his other articles, and you might notice that this person may not be the most objective source of information.
No, these people do not value their lives. Many of these individuals are born and raised in a society that tells them that to sacrifice their own lives in pursuit of their cause is the highest honor they can attain.
These people have not necessarily suffered any actual injustice...they are indocrinated with the idea that their culture is suffering from injustice. It is this perception that leads to violence.
What injustice had Timothy McVeigh suffered? The Japanese of WWII? The rebels of Sierra Lione? What injustices had been perpetuated on the Germans by the Jews?
You are correct that hatred comes from perceived injustice. The fact is however, that these injustices may not be real, and there may be no way to repartation offered that will appease these individuals.
The paper is pretty illuminating! What is particularly interesting is the offending code that highlights the bug. Quite the odd way of getting the minimum value from a table!
The bug is a real Microsoft bug...but the response from the Russians seems to be more CYA than anything.
What they were attempting to do looked like some pretty bad code. That, coupled with the fact that the developers had no idea how to deal with security in SQL (OMG! If the password is blank, you don't have to enter a password to log in!) led to an insanely negative response (specifically "Recently I was told by some officials from the Russian State Technical Commission...that the whole story looks like an intentional action of the Microsoft against national security of both the U.S. and R.F.")
The fact is, they developed some bad code, implemented some sloppy security mechanisms, and were unwilling to admit to any mistakes when Microsoft offered a workaround. I'll agree that the bug was real (although minor), and that Microsoft SHOULD have offered a true fix, but I think the blame should be spread 60-40 (60% Bill, 40% Ruskies).
Geez, have you actually used a WinCE 3.0 device?
:-)
Here are the myriad ways my iPaq beats snot out of my Palm:
1) MP3 player
2) Decent resolution & color - reading lots of text no longer hurts my eyes.
3) Free book reading software
4) Free drawing program
5) Free spreadsheet
6) Free browser (with offline browsing)
7) Much more understandable file structure
8) Much better character recognition.
9) On screen character drawing (i.e. I can see what I write rather than guessing whether I'm forming my grafitti correctly)
My real problem with Palm devices is that they don't do anything well other than be an organizer. For that, I can just buy a $20 device from Radio Shack.
The only real downside to the PocketPCs is the abysmal battery life and the much higher price.
I'm afraid the number of people who hack on CE devices without actually trying them is disproportionately high
--James Gill, WinCE Software Developer
Please, don't speak about technologies that you know nothing of. Your comments about why .NET won't make it are not only innacurate, but entirely misleading.
.NET Gee, I hope nobody else is looking at creating any new development technologies cause obviously they will all be "too late"
.NET is specifically built to support downlevel browsers and competitors browsers. The server-side controls implemented in ASP.NET automatically generate appropriate client-side code for the targetted browser (including Netscape 4, 6, IE 4, IE 5, and IE6).
.NET does not require a new platform. It works on existing platforms.
.NET won't make it?
1. Too Late.
I see. So within the next 6 months the entire world will be using some development language that is so spectacular that they will never choose to switch to
2. Website Requires IE7???
No,
.NET does not require XP at all. Not to develop, not to deploy, not at all.
3. Java supports tons of platforms and works today for most browsers
See 2.
4. Plug-Ins aren't foreign
What does this have to do with why
And why is this such Bad Thing?
What is the horrible consequence of giving any or ALL of your personal information, credit history, buying preferences, etc to corporations? OMG, they might actually attempt to sell me the products I want! For shame.
As long as this information does not include security-sensitive information (e.g. credit card numbers), then what is the issue? I don't really care who knows my credit history, I have nothing to hide there
I keep seeing these posts warning of corporate invasion of privacy but I can't really see the downside...
Just my 2 cents...
A better way for Microsoft to attack Linux would just be for them to support a better OS with a much more sensible licensing scheme (e.g. OpenBSD)
Oh wait, they are doing that (as indicated here). I'll shut up now...
Linux? They can't give that shit away!
Oops, I believe you are right with regards to 9(c), but how about section 9, subsection 2:
:-)
"(2) Except as prescribed, no person shall intercept and make use of, or intercept and divulge, any radiocommunication, except as permitted by the originator of the communication or the person intended by the originator of the communication to receive it." 1993, c. 40, s. 24"
IANAL, but I did take a law class at university where we covered satellite broadcasting. Our prof indicated that prior to 1997 it WAS legal to recieve DirectTV broadcasts, but since then, it has not been.
Quebec is a bit of a different case as they seem to believe they have their own laws anyways
Yes, but the draconian laws of the CRTC DO hold sway in Canada, and according to the Radiocommunications act, it is illegal to decode any signal in Canada not authorized by the CRTC
(see this link for more info)
From the Radiocommunications Act here section 9(c),
"(c) No person shall decode an encrypted subscription programming signal or encrypted network feed otherwise than under and in accordance with an authorization from the lawful distributor of the signal or feed"
Incorrect.
It is illegal in Canada to use equipment to decode programming distributed by anyone other than dealers authorised by the CRTC.
DirecTV broadcasts are not authorized for distribution within Canada, and as such cannot be legally decoded. (see this link for more info)
From the Radiocommunications Act found here:
Section 9
"(c) No person shall decode an encrypted subscription programming signal or encrypted network feed otherwise than under and in accordance with an authorization from the lawful distributor of the signal or feed"
I know a number of fellow Canadians who are misinformed on this point and gloat about how they can receive cheap DirecTV broadcasts without breaking the law. Unfortunately, you really can't. Due to the archaic and Orwellian nature of the CRTC, there is NO way to legally receive DirectTV in Canada.