...it would have been better for the anti-DMCA movement. The constitutionality of the DMCA could have been tested on appeal. This way, the only good to come out of the trial was the statement "Merely offering a product that could violate copyrights was not enough to warrant a conviction". Granted, that's a very good statement to hear in this decision, but the greater question of the DMCA's legitimacy was avoided.
What's happening on this post is that employees of RealNetworks are adamantly spitting the company's in-house propaganda back at us and insisting it's true ("one chunk of rogue code!") when it's obviously not.
If a person lies and cheats, he or she shouldn't be trusted. If a company lies and cheats, it should be boycotted. Don't install RN products. Don't use RN products. And don't believe RN's blatant lie PR tactics.
I don't think I'm mistaken on my bullet points. And I think that Microsoft was acting just as immorally as Real by fighting the "MIME war". I was referring to Real's default option of "restoring MIME types" even when they have been changed by the user explicitly or by another installation. Sure, Real was battling Microsoft. But they were both battling against the consumer, using tactics that were definitely immoral and sneaky.
Man, even before I hit your homepage I knew you worked for Real. It's none of my business, but it looks like you've bought a little too much of their in-house propaganda. Sure, RN is trying to put on the "nice guy" face, and releasing a lot of press to support that appearance, but history has proven what kind of company you are.
With RealNetworks' track record of attacking their customers (remember Windows MIME-type battles, anyone?), I can't help but continue to mistrust them, especially when considering what software to make use of during development.
I think a company that has in the past deliberately and repeatedly used its customers' systems to:
Force use of its product over a competitor's even when the user has explicitly chosen to use the competing software
Disallow users from configuring their software to not run in the background, pop up randomly (remember "Message Center"?), or download and execute software without asking
Force advertisements on the user in extreme excess
...has proven that they are willing to go to any ends to make a buck, and they don't care too much about the well-being of their customers.
I think what they've done in the past is downright immoral. Why would we as a community want to support, embrace, or do anything but boycott and condemn these scoundrels?
David Pressman's book Patent It Yourself has proved a pretty good step-by-step reference for doing this. It's only forty bucks, a heck of a lot less than what you would have to give to some leech^H^H^H^Hawyer.
But you do need probable cause to search vehicles, which is what they were doing. We have a constitutional amendment against unreasonable searches, and it was being broken.
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I agree. But doesn't it seem like we're seeing a lot more fraud in all areas of late?
Corruption destroyed the Roman Empire and it will destroy western civilization in the same way that it destroyed the Soviet Union.
I, too, will probably not ever travel to see the Dave Matthews Band live ever again, because of the police checkpoint that was set up at the end of the freeway off-ramp in George, WA near the Gorge. Fifteen to twenty Grant County Sheriff's deputies and state troopers were flagging down every fifth car or so and searching the vehicle. The "probable cause" for the search? The fact that the vehicle took the exit for the Dave Matthews Band concert.
What has happened to our country? The eroding of our privacy and civil liberties has not just been created by hype, sensationalism, and fear, it's really happening, and frankly it scares the crap out of me. Tell me how to express my displeasure and I will do it.
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You're incorrect: Perl supports both inheritance and polymorphism.
I don't care about interviewing!!! Who cares if these damn questions are used for testing people for jobs??? I want to know the damn answers!!! I am really curious!!! If you care more about the inteviewing process than about the answers to some really interesting, challenging questions, then you need to get a life!
Not that I don't think that there is some merit in obscuring the answers to hard questions. But I can't figure out more than 50% of these and it is driving me INSANE! I THINK MY DAD'S GONE CAARRRAAAAZY!!!
ARRRRRGGGHH!!! He didn't post the answers anywhere!!! I'M LOSING MY MIND WITH FRUSTRATION!!! Did anyone get the one about foot size and spelling bees??? My curiosity is eating me alive...
Was anyone else slightly disturbed by the fact that on his website he occasionally lapses into the habit of referring to himself in the third person? "Brian build rocket! Brian go BOOOOMM!"
The statute shouldn't be ignored, it's a law! If it is being ignored, attention should be brought to the oversight and compliance should be enforced. That's what we have laws for!
The motorcycles! Remember those from GTA and GTA II? (Superbike etc.) They were so fast that you couldn't stay on for more than a few seconds, but they did the coolest jumps and added lots of extra craziness. Bring back the bikes!
...that my ISP will now be on board with tracking what I download and charging me for it? The story sounds a little vague on the details, but an alliance between software, hardware, and bandwidth providers only points to one thing: control of what end users do online.
I'm really happy to see Slashdot discussing as many consumer advocacy issues as they have been in the past few years. If you agree with the general stance of this forum, there IS something you can do about it!
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...it would have been better for the anti-DMCA movement. The constitutionality of the DMCA could have been tested on appeal. This way, the only good to come out of the trial was the statement "Merely offering a product that could violate copyrights was not enough to warrant a conviction". Granted, that's a very good statement to hear in this decision, but the greater question of the DMCA's legitimacy was avoided.
What's happening on this post is that employees of RealNetworks are adamantly spitting the company's in-house propaganda back at us and insisting it's true ("one chunk of rogue code!") when it's obviously not.
If a person lies and cheats, he or she shouldn't be trusted. If a company lies and cheats, it should be boycotted. Don't install RN products. Don't use RN products. And don't believe RN's blatant lie PR tactics.
I don't think I'm mistaken on my bullet points. And I think that Microsoft was acting just as immorally as Real by fighting the "MIME war". I was referring to Real's default option of "restoring MIME types" even when they have been changed by the user explicitly or by another installation. Sure, Real was battling Microsoft. But they were both battling against the consumer, using tactics that were definitely immoral and sneaky.
Man, even before I hit your homepage I knew you worked for Real. It's none of my business, but it looks like you've bought a little too much of their in-house propaganda. Sure, RN is trying to put on the "nice guy" face, and releasing a lot of press to support that appearance, but history has proven what kind of company you are.
I think a company that has in the past deliberately and repeatedly used its customers' systems to:
I think what they've done in the past is downright immoral. Why would we as a community want to support, embrace, or do anything but boycott and condemn these scoundrels?
When I read the headline to this story, I thought it was going to be about people who like Star Trek.
David Pressman's book Patent It Yourself has proved a pretty good step-by-step reference for doing this. It's only forty bucks, a heck of a lot less than what you would have to give to some leech^H^H^H^Hawyer.
But you do need probable cause to search vehicles, which is what they were doing. We have a constitutional amendment against unreasonable searches, and it was being broken.
I agree. But doesn't it seem like we're seeing a lot more fraud in all areas of late?
Corruption destroyed the Roman Empire and it will destroy western civilization in the same way that it destroyed the Soviet Union.
I, too, will probably not ever travel to see the Dave Matthews Band live ever again, because of the police checkpoint that was set up at the end of the freeway off-ramp in George, WA near the Gorge. Fifteen to twenty Grant County Sheriff's deputies and state troopers were flagging down every fifth car or so and searching the vehicle. The "probable cause" for the search? The fact that the vehicle took the exit for the Dave Matthews Band concert.
What has happened to our country? The eroding of our privacy and civil liberties has not just been created by hype, sensationalism, and fear, it's really happening, and frankly it scares the crap out of me. Tell me how to express my displeasure and I will do it.
You're incorrect: Perl supports both inheritance and polymorphism.
Thank you very much. Now I can sleep at night.
I don't care about interviewing!!! Who cares if these damn questions are used for testing people for jobs??? I want to know the damn answers!!! I am really curious!!! If you care more about the inteviewing process than about the answers to some really interesting, challenging questions, then you need to get a life!
Not that I don't think that there is some merit in obscuring the answers to hard questions. But I can't figure out more than 50% of these and it is driving me INSANE! I THINK MY DAD'S GONE CAARRRAAAAZY!!!
ARRRRRGGGHH!!! He didn't post the answers anywhere!!! I'M LOSING MY MIND WITH FRUSTRATION!!! Did anyone get the one about foot size and spelling bees??? My curiosity is eating me alive...
Was anyone else slightly disturbed by the fact that on his website he occasionally lapses into the habit of referring to himself in the third person? "Brian build rocket! Brian go BOOOOMM!"
Precisely. Some rules are good, some rules are bad. It is up to us, the people who make the rules, to tell the difference.
The statute shouldn't be ignored, it's a law! If it is being ignored, attention should be brought to the oversight and compliance should be enforced. That's what we have laws for!
The motorcycles! Remember those from GTA and GTA II? (Superbike etc.) They were so fast that you couldn't stay on for more than a few seconds, but they did the coolest jumps and added lots of extra craziness. Bring back the bikes!
...that my ISP will now be on board with tracking what I download and charging me for it? The story sounds a little vague on the details, but an alliance between software, hardware, and bandwidth providers only points to one thing: control of what end users do online.
Encryption to the rescue (I hope)!
FUCK BILL GATES
So, what do they call it internally, the Nation-Wide Web?
This is really great to see happen - hopefully we can continue this effective political awareness and activisim. Be heard!
Hmm, maybe it's because the X-Box is as over-hyped, lame, and non-capable as the Windows family of operating systems (remember those?)
... and you thought drugs were dangerous before the government figured out how to detonate an E-bomb! Don't keep 'em in your pockets!
Google has applied for several patents, including a patent for the entire pigeon genome...
I'm really happy to see Slashdot discussing as many consumer advocacy issues as they have been in the past few years. If you agree with the general stance of this forum, there IS something you can do about it!
Vote Nader! Vote consumer advocacy!